From a9cd7ba18b797d78c5baac76897c38396a6b682e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikhail Klementev <blame@dumpstack.io>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 09:28:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use initramfs-tools from backports only on wheezy

---
 distro/debian/debian.go | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/distro/debian/debian.go b/distro/debian/debian.go
index d4e63af..6040642 100644
--- a/distro/debian/debian.go
+++ b/distro/debian/debian.go
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ func repositories(release Release) (repos []string) {
 
 	repo("debian", "")
 	repo("debian", "-updates")
-	repo("debian", "-backports")
+	if d.release <= 7 {
+		repo("debian", "-backports")
+	}
 	repo("debian-security", "/updates")
 
 	return
@@ -263,17 +265,21 @@ func (d Debian) runs() (commands []string) {
 
 	cmdf("apt-get update || apt-get update || apt-get update")
 
-	// by default Debian backports repositories have a lower
-	// priority than stable, so we should specify it manually
-	cmdf("apt-get -y install -t %s-backports initramfs-tools",
-		d.release.Name())
-
 	pkglist := []string{
 		"wget", "build-essential", "libelf-dev", "git",
 		"kmod", "linux-base", "libssl-dev",
 		"'^(gcc-[0-9].[0-9]|gcc-[0-9]|gcc-[1-9][0-9])$'",
 	}
 
+	if d.release >= 8 {
+		pkglist = append(pkglist, "initramfs-tools")
+	} else {
+		// by default Debian backports repositories have a lower
+		// priority than stable, so we should specify it manually
+		cmdf("apt-get -y install -t %s-backports initramfs-tools",
+			d.release.Name())
+	}
+
 	if d.release < 9 {
 		pkglist = append(pkglist, "module-init-tools")
 	}