Re: vmlinuz-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae pkg install fails due to /usr/bin/linux-update-symlinks
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 03:44:14PM -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
> Mildly annoying :
[...]
> Unpacking linux-headers-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae (4.9.130-2) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae.
> Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae_4.9.130-2_armhf.deb
> ...
> Unpacking linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae (4.9.130-2) ...
> Setting up linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae (4.9.130-2) ...
> Failed to create symlink to vmlinuz-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae: Operation not
> permitted at /usr/bin/linux-update-symlinks line 64.
> dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Setting up linux-headers-4.9.0-8-common (4.9.130-2) ...
> Setting up linux-kbuild-4.9 (4.9.130-2) ...
> Setting up linux-compiler-gcc-6-arm (4.9.130-2) ...
> Setting up linux-headers-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae (4.9.130-2) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> root@arm7:~# cd /boot
> root@arm7:/boot# ls -lapb
> total 14701
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Jan 22 20:26 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Nov 3 2016 ../
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 190506 Oct 27 18:46 config-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 23 05:22 extlinux/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Nov 3 2016 hdmi/
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 304 Oct 23 10:44 hw_intf.conf
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2560 Oct 23 10:44 overlays/
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 72281 Oct 23 10:44 rk3288-miniarm.dtb
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3027355 Oct 27 18:46 System.map-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3821600 Oct 27 18:46 vmlinuz-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7930936 Oct 23 10:44 zImage
> root@arm7:/boot#
Hello,
is your /boot by chance on a FAT partition? If yes, then that is
the source of your problem - Debian only supports installations
on filesystems that support standard POSIX features such as links
and FAT doesn't have support for those.
Regards,
Karsten
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