#944779 initramfs-tools-core: debug setting does not turn on tracing for scripts called by init

#944779#5
Date:
2019-11-15 08:21:14 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

When adding "debug" to the kernel commandline debug output is turned on and is
very useful for debugging.  However, none of the scripts (eg. local-premount/resume)
recognize the debug variable to turn on tracing as in init. I simply added the
line "[ -n "${debug}" ] && set -x" as the first line in local-premount/resume
and now I get debug logging when the debug kernel parameter is added.  This line
should be added to all scripts, or at least the scripts run by "run_parts".

Glenn

#944779#14
Date:
2025-11-16 23:20:03 UTC
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Control: tag -1 wontfix

I think this would be a surprising interpretation of the "debug" kernel
parameter, and it could leak sensitive information to the screen.  So I
won't be making this change.

Ben.