Re: powerpc kernel-patch 2.6.6-5 in incoming since over a month !!!
On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 11:10:46AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > > > how would mkvmlinuz act if there were no vmlinux installed, but
> > > > only a vmlinuz ?
> > >
> > > It exits with a non-zero exit status.
> >
> > Which would kill dpkg, right ?
>
> Have you actually tried this?
Nope, but i guess it would result in a 'postinst died' kind of message,
unless the kernel-package provided postinst checks for return codes, and
ignores errors.
> If not, please do so. If it does not work as expected, try again with
> the following patch applied:
>
> --- mkvmlinuz.orig Mon Jun 7 15:07:35 2004
> +++ mkvmlinuz Sat Jun 19 11:08:43 2004
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
> # we couldn't find a kernel, and therefore give up
> if test -z "$kernel"; then
> echo Could not find a kernel image file, please specify one.
> - exit 1
> + exit 0
> fi
>
> # sanitize the location of the kernel
Yeah, this would be a possible solution.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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