mkosi breaks if etckeeper is installed #3977
Description
mkosi commit the issue has been seen with
25.3
Used host distribution
debian 13
Used target distribution
debian 13
Linux kernel version used
6.16.3+deb13-amd64
CPU architectures issue was seen on
x86_64
Unexpected behaviour you saw
generation of the image failed at package installation step due to some missing hooks:
etckeeper: /etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d does not exist
E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Pre-Invoke 'if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi'
E: Sub-process returned an error code
‣ "apt-get -o APT::Architecture=amd64 -o APT::Architectures=amd64 -o APT::Install-Recommends=false -o APT::Immediate-Configure=off -o APT::Get::Assume-Yes=true -o APT::Get::AutomaticRemove=true -o APT::Get::Allo
w-Change-Held-Packages=true -o APT::Get::Allow-Remove-Essential=true -o APT::Sandbox::User=root -o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange=true -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false -o Dir::Cache=/var/cache/apt -o Dir::St
ate=/var/lib/apt -o Dir::Log=/var/log/apt -o Dir::State::Status=/buildroot/var/lib/dpkg/status -o Dir::Bin::DPkg=/usr/bin/dpkg -o Debug::NoLocking=true -o DPkg::Options::=--root=/buildroot -o DPkg::Options::=--f
orce-unsafe-io -o DPkg::Options::=--force-architecture -o DPkg::Options::=--force-depends -o DPkg::Options::=--no-debsig -o DPkg::Use-Pty=false -o DPkg::Install::Recursive::Minimum=1000 -o pkgCacheGen::ForceEsse
ntial=, '--option=DPkg::Options::=--path-exclude=/usr/share/doc/*' '--option=DPkg::Options::=--path-exclude=/usr/share/man/*' '--option=DPkg::Options::=--path-exclude=/usr/share/groff/*' '--option=DPkg::Options:
:=--path-exclude=/usr/share/gtk-doc/*' '--option=DPkg::Options::=--path-exclude=/usr/share/info/*' '--option=DPkg::Options::=--path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/copyright' install -oDebug::pkgDPkgPm=1 '-oDPkg::Pre-I
nstall-Pkgs::=cat >/work/var/tmp/mkosi-workspace-ykio7qsm/tmp/tmpymrz6qvx' '?essential' base-files" returned non-zero exit code 100.
‣ "mkosi --force --directory '' --format uki --output uki.efi --output-directory /tmp/user/0/tmp5rchx5al --extra-tree /usr/lib/modules/6.16.3+deb13-amd64:/usr/lib/modules/6.16.3+deb13-amd64 --extra-tree=/usr/lib
/firmware:/usr/lib/firmware '--remove-files=/usr/lib/firmware/*-ucode' '--kernel-modules-exclude=.*' --kernel-modules-include=host --build-sources '' --include=mkosi-initrd --extra-tree /boot/vmlinuz-6.16.3+deb1
3-amd64:/usr/lib/modules/6.16.3+deb13-amd64/vmlinuz --workspace-dir=/var/tmp --package-cache-dir=/var --cache-only=metadata --output-mode=600 --include /etc/mkosi-initrd --sandbox-tree /tmp/user/0/tmpwafgebri --
extra-tree /tmp/user/0/tmp5rchx5al/crypttab:/etc/crypttab --kernel-command-line 'root=UUID=efdac5fb-70f5-480e-8b42-815606c102c0 rootflags=subvol=@rootfs quiet splash
'" returned non-zero exit code 100.
‣ "mkosi-initrd --kernel-version 6.16.3+deb13-amd64 --format uki --output uki.efi --output-dir /tmp/kernel-install.staging.d3EQHX --kernel-image /boot/vmlinuz-6.16.3+deb13-amd64" returned non-zero exit code 100.
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-mkosi.install failed with exit status 100.
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//systemd-boot exited with return code 100
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 100
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
not sure if that is just a config issue or a deeper bug, any hints welcome.
(could not find anyting with a little searching)