[Bug 854908] [NEW] update-initramfs ignoring plymouth-text theme files

[Thomas Schweikle]

Public bug reported:

"update-initramfs -v -u" doesn't pack
/lib/plymouth/theme/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth

into the initrd. Thus no text fallback if the framebuffer could not initialize, only a blank screen.
For other themes it is the same: libs (/lib/plymouth/*.so) are packed into the initrd, necessary theme files and scripts are missing.

I've seen this with initramfs from today for lucid:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS"

ii  libplymouth2                              0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - shared libraries
ii  plymouth                                  0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - main package
ii  plymouth-label                            0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - label control
ii  plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text                0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - ubuntu-logo theme
ii  plymouth-theme-xompu                      0.1-4                                           Plymouth theme for the Xompu GmbH

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  update-initramfs ignoring plymouth-text theme files

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  "update-initramfs -v -u" doesn't pack
  /lib/plymouth/theme/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth

  into the initrd. Thus no text fallback if the framebuffer could not initialize, only a blank screen.
  For other themes it is the same: libs (/lib/plymouth/*.so) are packed into the initrd, necessary theme files and scripts are missing.

  I've seen this with initramfs from today for lucid:
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS"

  ii  libplymouth2                              0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - shared libraries
  ii  plymouth                                  0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - main package
  ii  plymouth-label                            0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - label control
  ii  plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text                0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2                                graphical boot animation and logger - ubuntu-logo theme
  ii  plymouth-theme-xompu                      0.1-4                                           Plymouth theme for the Xompu GmbH

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