Bug#299579: Postinstall fails when performing run-parts

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 11:45:00PM -0500, wcbrennan@comcast.net wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc
> Version: 2.4.27-4
> 
> I tried to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.18-powerpc to the testing 
> version: 2.4.27-powerpc, and the end of the installation process 
> ended up with the following error messages.
> 
> I typed:
> 
> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.powerpc
> 
> And at the end of many normal-looking messages came:
> 
> Setting up kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc (2.4.27-4) ...
> run-parts: unrecognized option `-v'
> Try `run-parts --help' for more information.
> Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at 
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc.postinst line 1019.
> dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kernel-image-2.4-powerpc:
>  kernel-image-2.4-powerpc depends on kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc; however:
>   Package kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4-powerpc (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc
>  kernel-image-2.4-powerpc
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> It appears that the post-installation process is broken.  I repeated 
> this process a few times with the same results.

Can you upgrade your run-parts (or whatever package contains it) to the
version currently in testing ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther