Bug#213543: dpkg: segfaults when installing kernel-image into too small boot partition (/boot)
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.18
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #213543
Had the same/similar problem. I have a very small boot partition:
home:/home/jens# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 7.8G 6.3G 1.2G 84% /
/dev/hda1 7.6M 6.0M 1.2M 84% /boot
/dev/hda4 4.1G 2.8G 1.1G 73% /home
When I try to install a new kernel into /boot, so that the there
would
not be enough space on the boot partition, the dpkg segfaults:
home:/home/jens# dpkg -i
/usr/src/kernel-image-2.4.20_meinkernel.v03_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package kernel-image-2.4.20.
(Reading database ... 136037 files and directories currently
installed.)
Unpacking kernel-image-2.4.20 (from
.../kernel-image-2.4.20_meinkernel.v03_i386.deb) ...
Speicherzugriffsfehler
home:/home/jens# dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken
pipe)
### Then I have to press <ENTER> to get back to the prompt (don't
know if that is important
N.B.: Speicherzugriffsfehler means Segmentation Fault in German
(sorry
about that)
After the unsuccessful installation:
home:/home/jens# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 7.8G 6.3G 1.2G 84% /
/dev/hda1 7.6M 7.6M 0 100% /boot
/dev/hda4 4.1G 2.8G 1.1G 73% /home
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux home 2.4.23-1-686 #1 Sun Nov 30 20:51:10 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.18 a user tool to manage
Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries an
- -- no debconf information
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