Bug#576925: [linux-base] postinst fails on undefined subroutine
Package: linux-base
Version: 2.6.32-11
Severity: normal
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Installing linux-base (and linux-image-2.6.32-4-686) fails because of
the following error:
# apt-get -u install linux-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-base is already the newest version.
[...]
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-base (2.6.32-11) ...
Undefined subroutine &DebianKernel::DiskId::_system called at
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-base.postinst line 547.
dpkg: error processing linux-base (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6.32-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.32-4-686 depends on linux-base (>= 2.6.32-11); however:
Package linux-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32-4-686 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-base
linux-image-2.6.32-4-686
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.6 ]
File updated: searched for 162 files, found 136
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
500 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org
500 unstable ftp.de.debian.org
500 testing www.debian-multimedia.org
500 testing ftp.de.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
==============================-+-===========
libapt-pkg-perl | 0.1.24
libuuid-perl | 0.02-3+b1
debconf (>= 0.5) | 1.5.30
OR debconf-2.0 |
Package's Recommends field is empty.
Package's Suggests field is empty.
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