Bug#568317: linux-image-* postinst did not correctly run lilo

[paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au]

Dear Ben,

>>>>> kernel-package has an old version of the script templates.
>>>>> The templates used by linux-2.6 are in debian/templates/temp.image.plain.
>>>>
>>>> Where do I find that?
>>>
>>> apt-get source linux-2.6
>> 
>> Sorry, am confused. Is that the same as
>>   apt-get install linux-source-2.6.26
>
> It is not.

I now tried that (not with apt-get but manually). I guess I needed the
files:

.../pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.26.orig.tar.gz
.../pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.26-21.diff.gz

(please confirm, or tell me what I messed up). After unpacking those,
I find (essentially in the diff file) the

.../linux-2.6-2.6.26/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/

directory. However, to my surprise, those files are older than those
from the kernel-package directory, for example:

diff -r /usr/share/kernel-package/pkg/image/postinst linux-2.6-2.6.26/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postinst
8,10c8,10
< # Last Modified On : Wed Oct  8 00:03:41 2008
< # Last Machine Used: anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com
< # Update Count     : 360
---
> # Last Modified On : Fri Sep 29 10:08:18 2006
> # Last Machine Used: glaurung.internal.golden-gryphon.com
> # Update Count     : 357
...

Does that mean that kernel-package is in fact newer, and you should
"import" again then use my patches (sent previously)?

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Should this bug somehow be "given" to kernel-package also (clone and
reassign?): would you be able to do that?

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>> BTW... lenny 5.0.4, with 2.6.26-21, was announced some time ago, but
>> still
>>   http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux-2.6&searchon=sourcenames&suite=stable&section=all
>>   http://packages.debian.org/source/lenny/linux-2.6
>> show 2.6.26-19lenny2 : is that a problem?
>  
> That is strange.  Perhaps you should report a bug against www.debian.org.

Would you be able to do that? (I guess should not use reportbug for
that, am not sure how.)

Thanks, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@maths.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia