Bug#261763: dselect: Failed to install Depends items
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 09:29:00PM -0400, John D. Hendrickson wrote:
> I just did a dist-upgrade (woody to sarge) in July '04.
>
> module-init-tools was not upgraded, though I certainly had it
> installed.
>
> Infact, if you check the sarge Packages file you'll find it's marked
> "Optional"
>
> HOWEVER,
> Description: tools for managing Linux kernel modules
> This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and
> removing kernel modules for Linux (versions 2.5.48 and above). It serves
> the same function that the "modutils" package serves for Linux 2.4.
>
> AND
> /sbin/insmod
> /sbin/update-modules
> /sbin/rmmod
> /sbin/modprobe
> /sbin/depmod
> /sbin/modinfo
> /bin/lsmod
> ...
>
> Obviously, you'd have to be Bill Gates Jr. to think this package is
> optional.
>
> It isn't optional. Say it is, and we have an arguement to settle.
Of course it's optional. Systems running 2.4 kernels (which is still the
default configuration on installs of sarge) do not require it.
> I did install this from dselect:
>
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7
> Depends: initrd-tools (>= 0.1.63), coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0), module-init-tools (>= 0.9.13)
>
> So, again, not only did I do a "apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade"
> but I did a dselect and picked the kernel. Still no module-init-tools.
Can you send a gzipped copy of /var/lib/dpkg/status?
> I can only surmise that while jilting me as a potential maintainer that
> debian.org has allowed uneducated monkeys great privelages with sarge.
I refer you to my previous comments about uneducated rants being
inappropriate in the bug tracking system.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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