[Bug 300742] Re: mkinitramfs handles errors very badly due to use of /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions

[Benjamin Drung]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. I tried to reproduce your bug on Ubuntu 24.04:

```
sudo touch /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/foo-bar-baz
sudo update-initramfs -u
```

Generating the initrd was successful. Does your complaint still apply to
recent Ubuntu versions?

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  mkinitramfs handles errors very badly due to use of
  /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  mkinitramfs uses /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions for
  handling certain tasks.  Errors that occur in those functions cause
  the panic function to be called.  This launches an interactive shell
  that steals /dev/console.  If this occurs when the user is running X,
  the keyboard stops working.  This is rather unpleasant.

  To trigger the bug, try adding a hook with a hyphen in the filename
  (i.e. /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/foo-bar-baz).

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