Bug#404871: linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7: preinst fails

[Carsten Hey <c.hey@web.de>]

Package: linux-2.6
Version: [linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7] preinst fails
Severity: important

Hi,

preinst fails on marvin (etch), but did not fail on taz (etch), thus not
grave but important.

linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7 version 2.6.18-7:

$ apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.18
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/16.9MB of archives.
After unpacking 51.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 115240 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7 (from .../
linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7_2.6.18-7_i386.deb) ...
Ok, Aborting
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/
linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7_2.6.18-7_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7_2.6.18-7_i386.deb
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 228K
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7 version 2.6.18-8:

Installing package...
(Reading database ... 115240 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-k7 (from /root/.w3m/w3mtmp6656-0.deb) ...
Ok, Aborting
dpkg: error processing /root/.w3m/w3mtmp6656-0.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /root/.w3m/w3mtmp6656-0.deb

Regards,
Carsten