Bug#346141: linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: the package doesn't configure
Package: linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp
Version: 2.6.15-0bpo1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
I downloaded this package from backports.org, to install it on a Sarge.
I first see the following warning message:
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Configuring linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp
You are installing a kernel with an initrd image
You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.6.15-1-k7-smp) on a
machine currently running kernel version 2.4.31-k7-smp.
I have been unable to find a suitable tool for generating initrd images (I looked at
the list "mkinitramfs mkinitrd.yaird") This will break the installation, unless such
tools are also being installed right now in the same run. (This means, one from the
following list yaird (>= 0.0.11-8) | initramfs-tools (>= 0.35) | linux-initramfs-tool,)
<Ok>
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Then at console:
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Could not find mkinitramfs mkinitrd.yaird. at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst
line 236, <STDIN> line 9.
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp ...
Running postrm hook /sbin/update-grub .
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
Setting up linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp (2.6.15-0bpo1) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Failed to find suitable ramdisk generation tool for kernel version
2.6.15-1-k7-smp on running kernel 2.4.31-k7-smp in mkinitramfs
mkinitrd.yaird
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp
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It seems to complain that it can't find mkinitrd.yaird, but I installed
yaird from the same source and mkinitrd.yaird is located in /usr/sbin.
My /etc/kernel-img.conf is original, it doesn't contain any ramdisk=
directive.
This is supposed to install fine on a sarge, but it doesn't. Is it a
packaging bug, or is there anything (undocumented) missing ?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.31-k7-smp
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp depends on:
ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool 0.0.12-2bpo1 Yet Another mkInitRD
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/abort-install-2.6.15-1-k7-smp:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: false
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.15-1-k7-smp:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.15-1-k7-smp:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: false
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.15-1-k7-smp:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/initrd-2.6.15-1-k7-smp:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.15-1-k7-smp:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.15-1-k7-smp:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: true
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