[Bug 1109029] Re: Depend on linux-initramfs-tools

[Florian Feldhaus]

I disagree. Dracut builds fine from source and builds initrds which are usable. As dracut offers additional features compared to initramfs-tools, it is required in certain use cases. As dracut can be installed in parallel to initramfs-tools without interfering with its functionality, either this issue should be solved or dracut should not be conflicting with initramfs-tools. 
If this issue is not solved and dracut continues to conflict with initramfs-tools, dracut cannot be installed. Thus either this issue has to be resolved, the conflict has to be removed or the package dracut needs to be dropped from Ubuntu. Either way, the importance of this bug is not "wishlist" in my opinion.

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Title:
  Depend on linux-initramfs-tools

Status in “console-setup” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “kbd” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “lvm2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “multipath-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Many core packages depend on initramfs-tools when they should actually
  depend on linux-initramfs-tools (virtual package provided by
  initramfs-tools and dracut).

  Debian seems to be using "Depends: initramfs-tools | linux-initramfs-
  tools" for almost every relevant package.

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