Bug#287085: kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386: apt-get upgrade fails to configure kernel-image-2.4.27-1 - depmod exited with return value 1

[Dan Leitner <dleit@speakeasy.net>]

Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
Version: 2.4.27-6
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

During post install configure depmod output hundreds of 'not for this
architecture' errors. Actually it did for every module. This dual amd64
system has both kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8-smp and this 2.4 i386 kernel installed. I suspect the problem is in either modutils or module-init-tools as they both claim the '/sbin/depmod' is a part of their package. The system runs usually on the 2.6 k8 smp kernel since it runs WAY FASTER. The 2.4 kernel is a backup, just in case, but now I have no backup.

In case you're interested... I would be using a 2.4 amd64-k8-smp kernel if one was offered as the 2.6 version is just a bad choice for CDRW'S. I still can't get that to work.. But that's a different bug. ;-)

The post install configure ends like this, but several hundreds other 'not for this archtecture' errors.

depmod: ELF file /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/kernel/net/x25/x25.o not for
this architecture
depmod: ELF file /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/kernel/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.o
not for this architecture
depmod: ELF file /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/initrd/vesafb.o not for this
architecture
There was a problem running depmod.  This may be benign,
(You may have versioned symbol names, for instance).
Or this could be an error.
        depmod exited with return value 1
	Since this image uses initrd, I am not deleting the file
	/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/modules.dep. However, there is no
	guarantee that the file is valid. I would strongly advice
	you to either abort and fix the errors in depmod, or
	regenerate the initrd image with a known good modules.dep
	file. I repeat, an initrd kernel image with a bad modules.dep
	shall fail to boot.
	Would you like to abort now? [No] yes
	dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386 (--configure):
	 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status
	 1
	 Errors were encountered while processing:
	  kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
	  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
	  dan@technonerd:~$




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-9-amd64-k8-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.74     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1.2 Linux module utilities

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