On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 07:19:34AM -0800, David Liontooth wrote:Hi -- I have a machine, Linux ancient 2.6.36.2 #1 SMP Sun Dec 26 06:19:57 PST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux.[…]Since release 198, udev requires support for the following features in the running kernel: - inotify(2) (CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER) - signalfd(2) (CONFIG_SIGNALFD) - accept4(2) - open_by_handle_at(2) (CONFIG_FHANDLE) - timerfd_create(2) (CONFIG_TIMERFD) - epoll_create(2) (CONFIG_EPOLL) dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_232-25+deb9u13_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_232-25+deb9u13_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)[…]There are clearly lots of barriers put in to keep people from making mistakes, but it's also keeping me from upgrading. Is there a solution?To have ended up trying to run Debian stretch software on a 2.6.32 kernel you have made some pretty extreme decisions far outside what Debian supports. You have got to get onto a more modern kernel so you can upgrade udev. If you somehow force udev to get installed while still running that 2.6.32 kernel you will be in a world of pain because it just won't work and you very likely won't complete another boot. You haven't elaborated as to why any of the newer kernels you have installed won't boot. Cheers, Andy
Thanks, Andy. I didn't have physical access to the machine, so I
didn't know why the kernels didn't boot. But I revered to jesse in
sources.list and was able to install a new kernel, which is now
booting fine. So in spite of my extreme decisions, Debian handled
the upgrade well.
Dave