Bug#1135141: Processed: Re: Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available disk space on /boot

From	Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1135141: Processed: Re: Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available disk space on /boot
Date	2026-06-24 14:50 +0200
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Forwarding Harri's reply to the BTS:

On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 04:36:39PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Sorry for the delay.
> 
> - /boot is ext4.
> - I have no idea how the image got corrupted. I have seen this
>   only once.
> 
> >> AFAICT the new initrd.img is constructed on /boot, while
> >> the previous initrd is still in place.
> >
> > That is intentional and not a bug.
> 
> I think I understood where the 3rd image is stored: In /var/tmp/\
> initramfs.XXXXXXX. If /boot is not a dedicated partition, then disk
> space is shared between /var/tmp and /boot, increasing the risk for
> a full disk at update-initramfs runtime.
> 
> Regards
> Harri
>

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Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available disk space on /boot Harald Dunkel <harri@afaics.de> - 2026-04-28 10:00 +0200
  Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available disk space on /boot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-04-28 12:30 +0200
    Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available disk space on /boot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-04-29 22:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available  disk space on /boot "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2026-04-28 12:30 +0200
    Re: Processed: Re: Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available  disk space on /boot Harald Dunkel <harri@afaics.de> - 2026-05-24 16:50 +0200
      Bug#1135141: Processed: Re: Bug#1135141: please be more careful with available disk space on /boot Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2026-06-24 14:50 +0200

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