Re: dist-upgrade problem after make-kpkg
mv /lib/modules/2.4.19 /lib/modules/2.4.19.old
and go ahead make-kpg --revision=foo.1.0 kernel_image
--- "Mark T. Valites" <valites@geneseo.edu> wrote:
> A while back I make-kpkg installed a new 2.4.19
> custom kernel.
>
> This past week, I went to dist-upgrade the system
> again, except I am
> getting caught when apt-get sees the custom kernel
> deb. It says if I
> don't want to overwrite part of it, to exit. When I
> do, it exits &
> appears to go on, but doesn't update any of the debs
> after the kernel.
> How can I get around this?
>
> Here's the errors:
>
> You are attempting to install a kernel image
> (version 2.4.19)
> However, the directory /lib/modules/2.4.19 still
> exists. If this
> directory belongs to a previous kernel-image-2.4.19
> package, and if
> you have deselected some modules, or installed
> standalone modules
> packages, this could be bad. However, if this
> directory exists because
> you are also installing some stand alone modules
> right now, and they
> got unpacked before I did, then this is pretty
> benign. Unfortunately,
> I can't tell the difference.
>
> If /lib/modules/2.4.19 belongs to a old install of
> kenel-image-2.4.19, this is your last chance to
> abort the
> installation of this kernel image (nothing has been
> changed yet).
>
> If this directory is because of stand alone modules
> being installed
> right now, or if it does belong to an older
> kernel-image-2.4.19
> package but you know what you are doing, and if you
> feel that this
> image should be installed despite this anomaly,
> Please answer n to the
> question.
>
> Otherwise, I suggest you move /lib/modules/2.4.19
> out of the way,
> perhaps to /lib/modules/2.4.19.old or something, and
> then try
> re-installing this image.
> Do you want to stop now? [Y/n]y
> Ok, Aborting
> dpkg: error processing
>
/var/cache/apt/archives/kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u_27_sparc.deb
> (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error
> exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
>
/var/cache/apt/archives/kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u_27_sparc.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
> (1)
>
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