[SCM] live-initramfs branch, debian-next, updated. debian/1.199.1-1-6-g61f8495

Daniel Baumann daniel at debian.org
Sat May 1 10:20:44 UTC 2010


The following commit has been merged in the debian-next branch:
commit 61f8495c75c261f032fcb94a77b9b09a8f78fdbf
Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel at debian.org>
Date:   Sat May 1 12:15:06 2010 +0200

    Merging casper 1.205.

diff --git a/docs/ChangeLog.casper b/docs/ChangeLog.casper
index 829e223..0ac3653 100644
--- a/docs/ChangeLog.casper
+++ b/docs/ChangeLog.casper
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+casper (1.205) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * scripts/casper-bottom/25configure_init: Disable sreadahead on live CD
+    boot. Not only does it profile the live CD boot to no benefit, but it
+    also looks as if it may be responsible for breaking Wubi installs by
+    reading from partman's synchronisation FIFOs (LP: #439279).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:32:02 +0100
+
 casper (1.204) karmic; urgency=low
 
   * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
diff --git a/scripts/live-bottom/25configure_init b/scripts/live-bottom/25configure_init
index 67e21a6..488a1dd 100755
--- a/scripts/live-bottom/25configure_init
+++ b/scripts/live-bottom/25configure_init
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ then
 	chmod -x /root/sbin/readahead-list
 fi
 
+# Disable sreadahead too since we don't ship a pack file for it anyway, so
+# all we'll end up doing is profiling the live CD boot. sreadahead also
+# breaks partman occasionally by reading from its synchronisation FIFOs.
+rm -f /root/etc/init/sreadahead.conf
+
 log_end_msg
 
 exit 0

-- 
live-initramfs



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