Bug#369448: linux-image-2.6.16-2-powerpc: package fails to install

[Michael Furr <furr@cs.umd.edu>]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, maximilian attems wrote:
> can you still reproduce your bug with newest 2.6.17 image from unstable?
Yes, it is still reproducable with linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc.

> if yes please post your /etc/kernel-img.conf
Here it is:
 # Do not create symbolic links in /
 do_symlinks = Yes
 ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird

>
> also did you read the following follow up to your bug report:
Nope, I never received this (and don't see it in the bts either.. :-(

> On Wed, 07 Jun 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >         Is there any record of the debconf interaction during this
> >  install?
There was no debconf interactions as I am using the non-interactive
frontend (prio: medium).

Here is a dump of the debconf values though:
# debconf-show linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.17-2-powerpc: true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/abort-install-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/initrd-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/really-run-bootloader-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.17-2-powerpc: true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
false
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
true
  linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.17-2-powerpc:
false

-Mike

ps.  I should be much more responsive from this point on.  I was quite
busy over the summer, but should now have ample time to get back to debian
stuff.