Bug#465512: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64: broken symlink /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/source
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1
Severity: minor
When installing the kernel package I get a message:
Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/source
However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/source
Examining the package with dpkg-deb -c shows:
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-02-10 10:17 ./lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/source -> /home/blank/debian/kernel/release/linux-2.6/linux-2.6-2.6.18.dfsg.1/debian/build/build-amd64-none-amd64
/home/blank doesn't exist on my system. This seems to be left over from the
build proccess. I'm not sure if this link is used elsewhere, if so it
might cause other problems.
I recall having seen this message in previous upgrades so it likely
affects other kernel packages.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64 depends on:
ii cor 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii deb 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii e2f 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1 ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii ini 0.85h tools for generating an initramfs
ii mod 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64 recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
* linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-6-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-6-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64:
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