Re: package problems [Update]
Wayne Topa(linuxone@intergate.com) is reported to have said:
> Happy Sunday Morning
>
> I've had yet another problem with the package downloads. This is the
> second time I've had a failure in a kernel package, 2.6.18 today, 2.6.17
> last week. The errors speak for them selves.
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> Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7 (2.6.18-7) ...
>
> Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-3-k7/source
> However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
> Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-3-k7/source
>
> Running depmod.
> Finding valid ramdisk creators.
> Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
> Could not find postinst hook script [flash-kernel].
> Looked in: '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin'
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Setting up libc6-i686 (2.3.6.ds1-8) ...
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7
> localepurge: checking system for new locale ...
> localepurge: processing locale files ...
> localepurge: processing man pages ...
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7 (2.6.18-7) ...
> Running depmod.
> Finding valid ramdisk creators.
> Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
> Could not find postinst hook script [flash-kernel].
> Looked in: '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin'
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7
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Even with the above errors, the vmlinuz and initrd images 'were'
installed in /boot. I noticed, after an Aptitude upgrade this
morning, the errors are still shere but I am now running the new
kernel. So ther errors are in error. ;=)
Wayne
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The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much.
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