Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin'

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin'
Date	2020-01-09 00:10 +0100
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On Wed, 2020-01-08 at 16:48 -0500, debian wrote:
> so, what's to be done now? Marco d'Itri says that this error is 
> pointless, Bjørn says that this is normal and this behaviour is expected 
> sometimes (kmod looking for nonexistent stuff)
> 
> is it just a harmless error "spam"? update the system as usual and just 
> ignore the error "waterfall" in the console? use the patch (the edited 
> line in /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs) and then update?

Printing spurious error messages is a bug, and we will fix it (whether
in kmod or in initramfs-tools, is to be decided).

But since (so far as I know) there hasn't been any regression in the
functioning of the resulting initramfs, the bug doesn't need to be
fixed right this instant.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer.

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Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin' debian <d3bianl1nuks@gmail.com> - 2020-01-08 23:00 +0100
  Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin' Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-01-09 00:10 +0100
    Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin' Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2020-01-10 13:00 +0100
    Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin' Ilkka Prusi <ilkka.prusi@gmail.com> - 2020-01-12 23:10 +0100
      Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin' Pierrick CHANTEUX <chanteux@ipgp.fr> - 2020-01-13 11:20 +0100
        Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin' Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> - 2020-01-13 13:30 +0100

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