Description of Problem: mkinitrd script contains redirections like >2 in several places, which could destroy file with the same name in the current directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mkinitrd-3.3.6-1 How Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run mkinitrd 2. look for file with name 2 in the current directory 3. Actual Results: File with name 2 was created Expected Results: This file should not be created Additional Information: It should be >&2 instead. I suppose you have already found that, but just in case.
Fixed in mkinitrd-3.3.7-1 and newer