Bug#738707: linux-image-3.12-1-amd64: Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-3.12-1-amd64 to initrd.img.

["Ph. Marek" <philipp.marek@linbit.com>]

Package: src:linux
Version: 3.12.9-1
Severity: normal

I had the wrong /boot mounted.
After reboot I noticed that, got the correct filesystem on there, and did "apt-
get install --reinstall" - but that stopped with the error message above.

strace showed this:


  [pid  8236] 09:56:54.538994 symlink("/boot/initrd.img-3.12-1-amd64",
"initrd.img") = -1 EEXIST (File exists)
  Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-3.12-1-amd64 to initrd.img.

So I guess there might be some script that looks at the link, says "it's
correct, no need to delete", but the symlink() call later on then gets the
error.





-- Package-specific info:
** Kernel log: boot messages should be attached


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                   1.5.52
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.115
ii  kmod                                    16-2
ii  linux-base                              3.5
ii  module-init-tools                       16-2

Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 recommends:
ii  firmware-linux-free  3.2

Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 suggests:
pn  debian-kernel-handbook  <none>
ii  grub-pc                 2.00-22
pn  linux-doc-3.12          <none>

Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 is related to:
pn  firmware-atheros        <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2           <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2x          <none>
ii  firmware-brcm80211      0.40
pn  firmware-intelwimax     <none>
pn  firmware-ipw2x00        <none>
pn  firmware-ivtv           <none>
pn  firmware-iwlwifi        <none>
pn  firmware-libertas       <none>
ii  firmware-linux          0.40
ii  firmware-linux-nonfree  0.40
pn  firmware-myricom        <none>
pn  firmware-netxen         <none>
pn  firmware-qlogic         <none>
pn  firmware-ralink         <none>
ii  firmware-realtek        0.40
pn  xen-hypervisor          <none>

-- debconf information excluded