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h10082
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 Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:26 pm Post subject: Cannot install an initramfs |
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[Moderator note: this post, and only this post, was originally attached to the solved topic [solved] Cannot install an initramfs. Contrary to the content of this post, that thread does not seem to be a similar issue, so I split this post to its own thread. -Hu]
I want to upgrade my kernel from 5.10.27 to 5.10.49-gentoo-r1.
I'm having a similar issue when running genkernel:
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genkernel --lvm --install --kernel-config=./.config initramfs
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Copying file m4/wchar_t.m4
Copying file m4/wint_t.m4
Copying file m4/xsize.m4
Copying file po/Makevars.template
sh: line 1: tools/git-version-gen: Permission denied
configure.ac:14: error: AC_INIT should be called with package and version arguments
/usr/share/aclocal-1.16/init.m4:29: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:14: the top level
autom4te-2.69: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal-1.16: error: /usr/bin/autom4te-2.69 failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf-2.69: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
* ERROR: Command 'autoreconf --force --install ' failed!
* ERROR: create_initramfs(): append_data(): append_util-linux(): populate_binpkg(): gkbuild(): Failed to create binpkg of util-linux-2.37!
* Please consult '/var/log/genkernel.log' for more information and any
* errors that were reported above.
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tools/git-version-gen dosen't exist on my system. How can I install it? |
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h10082
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Hu
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| genkernel is trying, and failing, to build its own private copy of util-linux. The system util-linux package does not install that file. It is probably only used in part of the build process. |
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h10082
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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The mentioned error was happening with genkernel 4.2.3. I downgraded genkernel to versions 4.0.10 and 3.5.3.3 but still saw errors about premissions. This time complaining about diffrent files that actual exist.
To install the new sources I ran:
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emerge --ask --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse @world
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I proceeded to run:
This removes the superseded kernel sources from portage but dosen't actually remove the kernel sources folder
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tux ~ # ls -la /usr/src/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 22 15:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Jun 21 02:43 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 21 02:37 .keep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 22 13:55 linux -> linux-5.10.52-gentoo
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Jul 17 08:10 linux-5.10.27-gentoo
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Jul 22 13:54 linux-5.10.49-gentoo-r1
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Jul 22 15:41 linux-5.10.52-gentoo
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Is it fine to follow this approch? This is my first attempt to upgrade my kernel since installing Gentoo recently.
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Hu
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| That is an acceptable way of managing kernel sources. I don't use genkernel, so I can't help with errors specific to it. Perhaps someone more familiar with it will see your thread and comment. |
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h10082
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Hu wrote: | | That is an acceptable way of managing kernel sources. I don't use genkernel, so I can't help with errors specific to it. Perhaps someone more familiar with it will see your thread and comment. |
Ok thanks for the confirmation.
I may concede and try dracut as I haven't found any mention about issue on the web or related bugs on the genkernel project.
Also with the downgrades, I would of thought it would work. I seem to have broken something and don't know how. |
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<edit> Sorry, I misunderstood the original post - it's genkernel you've downgraded. I wrote a long answer about downgrading kernels. Totally irrelevant, so I've removed that post and replaced it with this comment.</edit>
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h10082
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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I've opted for dracut which is working fine  |
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Bogdan107
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My conf:
| Code: | $ cat /etc/genkernel.conf | grep -e TMPDIR -e CACHE_DIR
TMPDIR="/tmp/genkernel"
CACHE_DIR="/var/cache/genkernel"
$ mount | grep " /tmp "
/dev/zram0 on /tmp type btrfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=5,subvol=/) |
In my case, this error message generated, if "noexec" option activated on the filesystem:
| Quote: | | sh: line 1: tools/git-version-gen: Permission denied |
P.S. Command "genkernel initramfs" make binary packages under CACHE_DIR (/var/cache/genkernel/<version>) directory. This genkernel script started in TMPDIR directory. Without "exec" rights, this script can not produce binaries.
Message | Quote: | | Failed to create binpkg of util-linux-2.37! |
produced, because first compiled package is sys-apps/util-linux. |
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