Bug#705920: "mdadm --scan" called for "dpkg-reconfigure mdadm", even though mdadm is disabled

[Harald Dunkel]

Package: mdadm
Version: 3.2.5-3~bpo60+1

Even though mdadm is disabled in /etc/default/mdadm, the initramfs
hook calls mdadm --scan:

root      2621  1766  0 09:43 ?        00:00:00  \_ sshd: root at pts/0
root      2623  2621  0 09:43 pts/0    00:00:00  |   \_ -bash
root      2678  2623  0 09:43 pts/0    00:00:00  |       \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure mdadm
root      2741  2678  0 09:43 pts/0    00:00:00  |           \_ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst configure 3.2.5-3~bpo60+1
root      2757  2741  0 09:44 pts/0    00:00:00  |               \_ /bin/sh /usr/sbin/update-initramfs -u
root      2775  2757  0 09:44 pts/0    00:00:00  |                   \_ /bin/sh /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64.new 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64
root      8138  2775  0 09:45 pts/0    00:00:00  |                       \_ /bin/sh /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/mdadm
root      8226  8138  0 09:45 pts/0    00:00:00  |                           \_ /bin/sh /usr/share/mdadm/mkconf
root      8233  8226  0 09:45 pts/0    00:00:00  |                               \_ /sbin/mdadm --examine --scan --config=partitions


grep -v ^\# /etc/default/mdadm:

INITRDSTART='none'
AUTOSTART=false
AUTOCHECK=false
START_DAEMON=false
DAEMON_OPTIONS="--syslog"
VERBOSE=false


grep -v ^\# /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf:

CREATE owner=root group=disk mode=0660 auto=yes
HOMEHOST <system>
MAILADDR root


Regards
Harri