On Fri, 2014-09-26 at 21:39 -0400, westlake wrote: > "WARNING: missing /lib/modules/3.16.1-xxxx-std-ipv6-64-vps" > > ^ Already implies the kernel since the first message. I thought the > provided information was replicable enough. > > If someone wants to test this out, be my guest. I'm just going to repeat my questions: > You wrote: > > a booted custom kernel is being used and installing a new kernel package > > fails as the initramfs script in /etc/kernel/postinst.d/ fails > > In what way does it fail? What are the error messages? The initramfs-tools maintainers cannot address the bug without this information. > > apt-get install linux-image-3.14-2-amd64<enter> was issued > > , and mkinitramfs also fails > > > > ' > > mkinitramfs -k -o initrd.img-3.14-2-amd64 [...] > > You didn't specify the kernel version to build for, so mkinitramfs > defaulted to the running kernel version. The error handling could > definitely be improved here though. I.e. what this command asks for is an initramfs for the running kernel version, called initrd.img-3.14-2-amd64. You presumably wanted to build it for kernel version 3.14-2-amd64, so you need to specify that on the mkinitramfs command line. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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