XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist   
   From: ben@decadent.org.uk   
      
   Control: tag -1 wontfix   
      
   On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:21:14 -0600 Glenn Washburn   
    wrote:   
   > Package: initramfs-tools-core   
   > Version: 0.130ubuntu3.9   
   > Severity: normal   
   > Tags: newcomer   
   >    
   > Dear Maintainer,   
   >    
   > When adding "debug" to the kernel commandline debug output is turned on and   
   is   
   > very useful for debugging.  However, none of the scripts (eg.   
   local-premount/resume)   
   > recognize the debug variable to turn on tracing as in init. I simply added   
   the   
   > line "[ -n "${debug}" ] && set -x" as the first line in local-premount/resume   
   > and now I get debug logging when the debug kernel parameter is added.  This   
   line   
   > should be added to all scripts, or at least the scripts run by "run_parts".   
      
   I think this would be a surprising interpretation of the "debug" kernel   
   parameter, and it could leak sensitive information to the screen.  So I   
   won't be making this change.   
      
   Ben.   
      
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   Ben Hutchings   
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