#1146905 busybox-static: losetup lacks support for the option --show

Package:
busybox-static
Source:
busybox-static
Description:
Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities
Submitter:
Benjamin Drung
Date:
2026-09-06 22:01:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1146905#5
Date:
2026-09-06 21:59:57 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Several Dracut modules might call `losetup --show`, but busybox does not
support the option `--show`. This missing option is reported upstream at
https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror/issues/37

The Dracut busybox module skips installing the losetup applet. This
has no effect when using busybox-static because busybox-static is built
with CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS enabled. Busybox sh will prefer the
incompatible losetup applet instead of using the real losetup binary.