Bug#399599: linux-image-2.6.18-2-686: serious warning: files list file for package `linux-image-2.6.18-2-686' missing
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-2-686
Version: 2.6.18-5
Severity: important
While upgrading inside Emacs M-x shell (or installing "nasm", which
installed kernel upadate), following message seems very serious. Please
downgrade the bug to normal if this is not the case.
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `linux-image-2.6.18-2-686' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
...
Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-2-686/source
However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-2-686/source
At least, please improve the messages to show somehow more detailled
diagnostics if possible, if this is nothing to worry about.
-- FULL LOG --
root@cante /usr/src/net/src/paq nasm -f elf paq7asm.asm
bash: nasm: command not found
root@cante /usr/src/net/src/pa
root@cante /usr/src/net/src/paq _apt i nasm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686
Suggested packages:
linux-doc-2.6.18
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nasm
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 18.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 53.4MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://deb unstable/main linux-image-2.6.18-2-686 2.6.18-5 [16.7MB]
Get:2 http://deb stable/main nasm 0.98.38-1.2 [1547kB]
Fetched 18.2MB in 19s (924kB/s)
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `linux-image-2.6.18-2-686' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
198878 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.18-2-686 2.6.18-5 (using .../linux-image-2.6.18-2-686_2.6.18-5_i386.deb) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.18-2-686 ...
Selecting previously deselected package nasm.
Unpacking nasm (from .../nasm_0.98.38-1.2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-2-686 (2.6.18-5) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-2-686/source
However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-2-686/source
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-2-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.16-1-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1-686
Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
Setting up nasm (0.98.38-1.2) ...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-2-686 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85b tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre3-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-2-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-2-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-2-686: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-2-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-2-686:
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