susi:~ # mkinitrd
Creating: target|kernel|dracut args 

Unknown arguments: /boot/initrd-3.14.0-rc5-1-default 3.14.0-rc5-1-default

Usage: /usr/bin/dracut [OPTION]... [<initramfs> [<kernel-version>]]

Version: 036-5.1

Creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules

  -h, --help  Display all options

If a [LIST] has multiple arguments, then you have to put these in quotes.

For example:

    # dracut --add-drivers "module1 module2"  ...


Unknown arguments: /boot/initrd-3.14.0-rc6-3.gd1a7ba5-desktop 3.14.0-rc6-3.gd1a7ba5-desktop

Usage: /usr/bin/dracut [OPTION]... [<initramfs> [<kernel-version>]]

Version: 036-5.1

Creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules

  -h, --help  Display all options

If a [LIST] has multiple arguments, then you have to put these in quotes.

For example:

    # dracut --add-drivers "module1 module2"  ...


using "bash -x":

...
+ '[' -n 'processor thermal fan' ']'
+ dracut --logfile /var/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log --hostonly --force --add-drivers '"processor' thermal 'fan"' /boot/initrd-3.14.0-rc6-3.gd1a7ba5-desktop 3.14.0-rc6-3.gd1a7ba5-desktop

Unknown arguments: /boot/initrd-3.14.0-rc6-3.gd1a7ba5-desktop 3.14.0-rc6-3.gd1a7ba5-desktop

Usage: /usr/bin/dracut [OPTION]... [<initramfs> [<kernel-version>]]

Version: 036-5.1

Creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules

  -h, --help  Display all options

If a [LIST] has multiple arguments, then you have to put these in quotes.

For example:

    # dracut --add-drivers "module1 module2"  ...

+ (( i++ ))

ok, broken quoting.

fix:
susi:~ # diff -u /sbin/mkinitrd.bak /sbin/mkinitrd
--- /sbin/mkinitrd.bak  2014-03-11 20:33:27.000000000 +0100
+++ /sbin/mkinitrd      2014-03-14 10:55:06.155754920 +0100
@@ -337,13 +337,13 @@
         # -> dracut bug workarounded ugly, because of complex whitespace
         # expansion magics
         if [ -n "${modules_all}" ];then
-            $dracut_cmd $dracut_args --add-drivers \"${modules_all}\" "$target" "$kernel" &>/dev/null
+            $dracut_cmd $dracut_args --add-drivers "${modules_all}" "$target" "$kernel" &>/dev/null
         else
             $dracut_cmd $dracut_args "$target" "$kernel" &>/dev/null
         fi
     else
         if [ -n "${modules_all}" ];then
-            $dracut_cmd $dracut_args --add-drivers \"${modules_all}\" "$target" "$kernel"
+            $dracut_cmd $dracut_args --add-drivers "${modules_all}" "$target" "$kernel"
         else
             $dracut_cmd $dracut_args "$target" "$kernel"
         fi


Since it looks like this was obviously never tested before submitting to Factory, but I'm not able to parse the code at all, I'm not creating a submit request with the obvious fix, but instead am opening this report.

This is a critical bug, since after a kernel update, there will be no initrd to boot from.