On Sep 19, 2011 5:46 PM, "Joey Hess" <joeyh@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Milo Mak wrote:
> > debian live-helper # chroot /data/ext/live-helper/chroot
> > root@debian:/# dpkg --force-depends --install
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb
> > (Reading database ... 349 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb) ...
> > [: 392: Illegal number: 3.0-3.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64
> > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 392: arithmetic _expression_: expecting EOF:
> > "3.0-3.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64"
> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb
> > (--install):
>
> This code from the libc6 2.11.2-10 preinst is broken when presented
> with a kernel version with only two numbers, like "3.0-foo". One of
> likely many reasons that Debian versions the kernel 3.0.0-foo.
>
> linux_compare_versions () {
> verA=$(($(echo "$1" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/')))
> verB=$(($(echo "$3" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/')))
>
> test $verA -$2 $verB
> }
>
> It's fixed already in the version in unstable. (Although it's amusing
> to note this code in turn falls over if Linus decides a better kernel
> version is "4-foo".)
>
> linux_compare_versions () {
> verA=$(($(echo "$1" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\([^.0-9]\|$\)/\1.0\2/; s/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/')))
> verB=$(($(echo "$3" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\([^.0-9]\|$\)/\1.0\2/; s/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/')))
>
> test $verA -$2 $verB
> }
>
> I'm unsure about trying to work around this in debootstrap, despite
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/802985 having
> a LD_PRELOAD hack to do so.
>
> --
> see shy jo
Ah I see. Compiled a kernel with a name in the form of 3.x.y-foo and it did resolve the issue.
Thanks
Milo Mak