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

[ChristianEhrhardt]

I discussed the multipath-tools dependency in the context of Debian.
But for multipath it really is a dependency.
The bug will soon switch to closed (wont'fix)

Yet OTOH it only is that for multiapth-tools-boot and kpartx-boot.
These are optional installs - even multipath-tools only suggests that.
But these packages don't work correctly anymore if you switch to dracut.
Due to that it is "correct" to have a hard dependency.

Yet your need to be able to install dracut is fulfilled.
Only users who explicitly picked multipath-tools-boot will have to decide what they want.
The other packages are fixed.

** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Depend on linux-initramfs-tool

Status in apparmor package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in kbd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in multipath-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in udev package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in watershed package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in multipath-tools package in Debian:
  New

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

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

  See also bug #1108987, which is about the fact that dracut shouldn't
  conflict with initramfs-tools.

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