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Re: Trunk version of linux-image ISSUE



In <[🔎] 1271511450.21791.6.camel@brutus>, JW Foster wrote:
>I', sent this previously but so far no reply. Can anyone tell me how to
>get rid of this issue. I did an update & the trunk version of
>linux-image was installed as the upgraded version. A few weeks later I
>tried to install the newer regular version & after a few attempts it
>finally installed & grub configured it. However it is not properly
>configured according to the installer as it keeps trying to configure
>the non-trunk version every time I do an update. Now I've been able to
>select the non-trunk version & have my system running it, even though
>it's not properly configured. I tried to then remove the trunk ver. &
>this is the error message I get.
[...]
>Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
>run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux
>2.6.32-trunk-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686
>run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux exited with return code 1
[...]
>A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
[...]
>Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
>run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/extlinux
>2.6.32-3-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686
>run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/extlinux exited with return code 1
[...]

I don't have any /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux or 
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/extlinux, so I don't know what they do, but yours are 
evidently broken.

If they are scripts you wrote, fix them.

If they are from a Debian package, it might be appropriate to file a bug 
against that package.
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