Bug#656663: syslinux-themes-debian needs to be installed but not listed as dependency

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

reassign 656663 extlinux 2:4.05+dfsg-1
quit

Hi Matze,

Matze Fri wrote:

> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-extlinux 3.2.0-1-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-1-amd64
> P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-rc7-amd64...
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-1-amd64...
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-1-amd64...
> P: Updating /boot/extlinux/linux.cfg...
> E: /usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian/extlinux: No such file or directory
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1
> Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64.postinst line 774, <STDIN> line 7.

The script being run above is not from the kernel packaging --- it is a
hook script provided by another package.

[...]
> pn  extlinux       2:4.05+dfsg-1
[...]
> txt@txt:~$ aptitude search extlinux
> i A extlinux - collection of boot loaders (ext2/3/4 and btrfs bootloader)                                       

I'm not sure how to interpret that.  extlinux is both not installed
and installed?  I suppose output from "egrep linux /var/log/dpkg.log"
would help disambiguate.

Perhaps in the same dpkg run extlinux was being upgraded and
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-extlinux wasn't upgraded yet, or something.
Can you still reproduce this?

Sorry for the trouble, and hope that helps,
Jonathan