Re: Upgrade Catch-22

["Greg Wiley" <greg@orthogony.com>]

On Tuesday, October 16, 2001 2:20 PM, tdwebste@netcentricnj.com wrote:

> It sounds like you are going to have to use method 2.
> edit /var/lib/dpkg/status to trick dpkg into thinking modutils are not
installed.
> Get a hold of modutils 2.4.8.1 from somewhere.
> Install this manually with dpkg -i
> When you use aptitude select modutils place a "hold" on it. Becareful you
must place a "hold" before every get.

I just finished a firewire-free kernel compile and the
problem is now solved.  It looks like there is another
thread re: this problem and that it can also be solved
by simply removing the offending ( sbp2.o ) module
from the tree.  doh.

Thanks again,

  -=greg