Re: Circular Dependency libc6 and kernel-image-xx
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 05:03:53PM -0800, Ian wrote:
> Alrite, so how do I install 2.4.27-sparc32-smp kernel image that needs
> an initrd image made? Debian's mkinitrd package requires libc6, which
> requires the new kernel. Can I download a initrd.img from somewhere and
> throw it in my /boot?
Here's what i did:
Downloaded libc6 debian package and extracted it in /tmp
(this will create data.tar.gz and control.tar.gz).
$ cd /tmp
$ ar xvf libcl6.whatever.version.deb
Get root and change to '/'. Now extract data.tar.gz
# tar xvzf /tmp/data.tar.gz
Carefull, this will overwrite whatever get's in it's way.
Messy. But now you have a newer version of libc6 in place.
Now install mkinitrd/modutils etc. by downloading the debian
packages and installing them with:
# dpkg --force-depends -i packge.deb
(which will turn dependency problems into mere warnings).
Now, once you have all tools installed you can actually install
a newer kernel (installation will create an initrd image for
you, this is why you need libc6 and the tools).
Now, with your new kernel installed (didn't forget to add that
initrd image to your silo conf, did you?), reboot.
Once your box is up again (and we shure hope it'll get through
this) you need to do:
# apt-get install -f --reinstall libc6....
(to have all the proper pre/post-install scripts run).
HTH and don't blame me if things don't work out smooth :-)
Ralf Mattes
> -Ian
>
> --- Le grand pinguin <rm@mh-freiburg.de> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 06:56:15PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> > > At Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:20:34 -0800 (PST),
> > > Ian wrote:
> > > > I am trying to upgrade my sarge Debian install's kernel image,
> > and
> > > > whenever I try, I experience a circular dependency between the
> > libc6
> > > > and the kernel. Libc6 requires kernel > 2.4.21, and kernel>2.4.21
> > > > requires libc6.
> > > >
> > > > This is the same problem as the one described by Bob Tanner in
> > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/01/msg00136.html . The
> > > > solution he gave for his system did not work with mine, though.
> > Any
> > > > other ideas?
> > >
> > > It's not circular dependency. You need to update your kernel
> > before
> > > installing libc6 package.
> >
> > Cute ;-) You obviously never tried (see my previous posts to this
> > ml).
> > Newer kernels depend on newer kernel tools (modutils, intrd-tools
> > etc.)
> > and _these_do_ depend on newer versions of libc6. I had to use 'ar'
> > and
> > then a bold tar extraction and dpkg with '--force-depends' to break
> > the
> > circle - nothing for the faint of heart.
> >
> > BTW, i did a clean install of woody and then a 'dist-upgrade' to
> > testing.
> > Shouldn't that work without first having to manually install a newer
> > kernel
> > version.
> > And, as a second question: the libc6 package seems to look at the
> > version
> > of the kernel during it's installation (not by means of 'Depends' in
> > the control file). This is deadly since apt can't track this (and,
> > even
> > worse, by the time the install of libc6 runs a lot of other stuff got
> > installed
> > allready, so when dist-upgrade fails the system isn't in a 'stable'
> > state any more).
> >
> > greetings
> > Ralf Matttes
> >
> > > Regards,
> > > -- gotom
> > >
> > >
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