#999915 initramfs-tools-core: Like #862013 service reloads refused as 11616k tmpfs below /run/systemd enforced 16.0M safety buffer

Package:
initramfs-tools-core
Source:
initramfs-tools
Submitter:
TEN
Date:
2025-11-16 23:27:02 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#999915#5
Date:
2021-11-18 11:15:36 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * debian-11.1.0-i386-netinst.iso via non-graphical installer on VM with 134M RAM + 256M swap, i.e. low memory mode:
     GNOME deselected, just SSH server (and autoselected standard system utilities) tasksel'ed during install
   * apt-get install lighttpd certbot
     can't (re)start both services:
     "Failed to reload daemon: Refusing to reload, not enough space available on /run/systemd...
     a safety buffer of 16.0M is enforced."
   * Can be manually overridden by e.g. doubling to
     mount -t tmpfs /run -o remount,size=32M,nr_inodes=2904,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000 # up from size=11616k
   * "Believed fixed" in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862013#52 but it isn't (anymore):
     As "The actual minimum memory requirements are a lot less than the [256M] listed" in release documentation
     ch03s04.html.en, initramfs/tmpfs has to be >=24M rather than so small it breaks /run/systemd requirements.
   * cf. https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,34313 for another assortment of low-memory (albeit ARM) machines.
#999915#10
Date:
2023-01-23 22:01:36 UTC
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To:
I think the patch I sent in #1027915 should fix this issue:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1027915#24