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[Louis Bouchard <louis.bouchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

If kdump-tools is installed on system with more than one kernel package,
smaller initrd.img file will only be created for the running kernel.  If
we boot to an older kernel, kdump-config load will fail as the
/var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-{older kernel version } is missing

** Affects: kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: kexec-tools (Ubuntu Wily)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)
         Status: Confirmed

** Also affects: kexec-tools (Ubuntu Wily)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu Wily)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu Wily)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)

** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu Wily)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537714

Title:
  Smaller initrd.img files are not built for older kernels in
  /var/lib/kdump

Status in kexec-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in kexec-tools source package in Wily:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  If kdump-tools is installed on system with more than one kernel
  package, smaller initrd.img file will only be created for the running
  kernel.  If we boot to an older kernel, kdump-config load will fail as
  the /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-{older kernel version } is missing

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