Bug#56264: marked as done (apt-get fails on postinst when /usr partition exists)
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Subject: apt-get fails on postinst when /usr partition exists
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Package: apt, dpkg possibly others
Version: 0.3.16 (apt), 1.6.7 (dpkg)
When upgrading a 2.1r4 system with ca. 600 packages to 2.2 (2000-02-23
snapshot), "apt-get upgrade" failed dozens of times during post-inst.
To clear "dpkg -C" (and "apt-get upgrade") I had to reload ca. 150 packages
manually with dpkg.
Immediately prior to apt-get bombing it almost always had a line
something like
Dpkg::... mount /usr -oro,umount... busy... failed
(I didn't write down the exact message, and now I can't recreate the
message since my system is fully upgraded after several hours of tedious
work.)
To say I was shocked by this message is an understatement - AFAIK
I was never asked for permission to remount /usr read-only during the
installation of apt or dpkg. This is clearly a policy decision which
must be left to the system adminstrator -- and which is a *huge*
headache when dpkg makes assumptions about what the user wants.
To the point, "apt-get install" usually succeeded. But "apt-get install"
left /usr "read-only", so I was forced to remount /usr read-write every
time. It was literally easier for me to run "apt-get upgrade" until it
bombed, then run dpkg manually (which didn't remount /usr), than to try
to load hundred of packages individually and remount /usr because some
idiot decided to force a policy decision on me.
N.B., I know why /usr should be mounted read-only... and I usually run
with my system set up that way. But it should be left to the user to
make that change - the user knows if they're installing one package, or
one hundred, and anyone running dpkg should know local policy regarding
read-only partitions. I DO NOT APPRECIATE WASTING HOURS OF TIME BECAUSE
apt/dpkg CAN'T EVEN LIVE WITH THE POLICY DECISION IT SEIZED FROM ME.
Also, modifying apt or dpkg to remount /usr as read-write is *not* a
valid solution to the "apt-get install" problem, since it potentially
violates site policy even worse than remounting /usr as read-only.
As mentioned above, this is the snapshot from 2000-01-23, and the
2.2.14 kernel.
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Jason
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