Devuan bug report logs -
#917
/usr/sbin/kexec: The /etc/init.d/kexec script is now missing, breaking kexec functionality.
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and subject line #917: fixed in src:kexec-tools version 1:2.0.32-3devuan1
has caused the Devuan bug report #917,
regarding /usr/sbin/kexec: The /etc/init.d/kexec script is now missing, breaking kexec functionality.
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Package: kexec-tools
Version: 1:2.0.29-2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/sbin/kexec
X-Debbugs-Cc: dvdkhlng@posteo.de
Hi,
the usual mode of operation of /usr/bin/kexec on Devuan (and Debian)
appears to be: load the new kernel, then trigger a shutdown. Then at
the end of shutdown, instead of rebooting, kexec actually boots into the
new kernel.
This used to be handled by kexec's init.d hook running something like
do_stop() {
...
log_action_msg "Will now restart with kexec"
...
/sbin/kexec -e
log_failure_msg "kexec failed"
}
instead of triggering a standard reboot.
In Devuan Excalibur (testing), all init-scripts for kexec are gone. Now
running `kexec` just triggers a reboot, it appears `kexec -e` is never
actually executed.
Note that /usr/share/doc/kexec-tools/README.Debian still claims, that
init-scripts are installed, when in fact they are not.
I think systemd now natively includes a kexec hook for reboot, while
sysvinit-core does not, so on Devuan we still need those init hooks,
while they are gone on Debian!?
-- System Information:
Distributor ID: Devuan
Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 6 (excalibur)
Release: 6
Codename: excalibur
Architecture: armv7l
Kernel: Linux 6.12.53-dk2 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages kexec-tools depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.91
ii dpkg 1.22.21
ii libc6 2.41-12
kexec-tools recommends no packages.
kexec-tools suggests no packages.
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Version: 1:2.0.32-3devuan1
Source package kexec-tools (1:2.0.32-3devuan1) added to Devuan suite unstable.
This closes bug report 917.
Thanks
DAK managing the Devuan archive
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:50:05 +0000
Source: kexec-tools
Architecture: source
Version: 1:2.0.32-3devuan1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Devuan Developers <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>
Changed-By: Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
Closes: 917
Changes:
kexec-tools (1:2.0.32-3devuan1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Fork for Devuan.
* Restore LSB initscripts. (Closes: #917)
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