initramfs-tools 0.147 release

Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> Wed, 28 May 2025 20:05:39 +0200
Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.initramfs
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Apologies for the late announcement of this release, which was made on
28th March.

This release fixed 1 bug:
- The change in v0.146 to subdirectory names created by unmkinitramfs
broke several tests, and has been effectively reverted.

It added several features:
- When MODULES=dep, any loaded reset drivers are included.
- When MODULES=most, squashfs is included.
- mkinitramfs and update-initramfs support a --version option.
- The kernel postinst hook does nothing if the update-initramfs command
is not the initramfs-tools implementation.
- update-initramfs and the postinst script avoid updating an initramfs
via the triggger if it has already been updated since the trigger was
activated.

Other changes:
- /dev/pts is now mounted with mode=0600 instead of 0620, matching
systemd's default.
- When MODULES=most, the selection of block drivers to include now
matches dracut.
- The autopkgtests include an iSCSI test case.

The shortlog is below.

Ben.

Ben Hutchings (17):
      hook-functions: Add reset drivers when MODULES=dep
      unmkinitramfs: Create temporary directory for initramfs parts
      unmkinitramfs: Fix detection of EOF marker
      unmkinitramfs: Restore split to "early" and "main" subdirectories
      Merge branch 'devpts' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'dep-add-reset' into 'debian/latest'
      unmkinitramfs.8: Update and expand description of multi-archive handling
      Merge branch 'squashfs' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'update-initramfs' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'iscsi' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'unmk-regression' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'avoid-double-generation' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'block-modules' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'spelling' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'test-order' into 'debian/latest'
      Merge branch 'debian-policy' into 'debian/latest'
      Releasing version 0.147.
 
Benjamin Drung (15):
      Merge branch 'bug1099461' into 'debian/latest'
      test: let run_qemu* take extra kernel parameters as single parameter
      test: support setting a disk label in build_fs_ext2
      test-common: introduce intermediate _run_qemu_default_devices
      Add qemu-net-iscsi autopkgtest
      mkinitramfs: add --version parameter
      update-initramfs: add --version parameter
      kernel/postinst.d: check for correct update-initramfs provider
      Fix spelling mistakes in d/changelog
      hook-functions: Move UFS storage drivers to block class
      Filter block kernel modules by symbol regex from dracut
      update-initramfs: add -s parameter
      Avoid updating the initramfs twice for some cases
      test: run quick copy-file autopkgtest first
      Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.2
 
Chris Hofstaedtler (2):
      hook-functions: avoid aborting in chroots
      Tighten /dev/pts permissions
 
Scott Moser (1):
      hook-functions: add squashfs driver


-- 
Ben Hutchings
Always try to do things in chronological order;
it's less confusing that way.
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