Bug#336750: Same error with linux-image-2.6.14-1-686

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

On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 03:11:58PM +0100, DEMAINE Benoit-Pierre wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686
> Version: 2.6.14-2
> Followup-For: Bug #336750
> 
> 
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 (2.6.14-2) ...
> Failed to find suitable ramdisk generation tool for kernel version
> 2.6.14-1-686
> on running kernel 2.4.27-2-386 in /usr/sbin/mkinitrd
> /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
> 
> SOLUTION: apt-get install initramfs-tools
> 
> please make those packages depend upon initramfs-tools so that dep
> inheritance solve this for every one.

They depend on yaird | initramfs-tools | linux-ramdisk-tool, there is no way
that you can have a dependency depend on the installed kernel, so something
more subtle needs to be done.

Friendly,

Sven Luther