Your message dated Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:27:47 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#647196: [extlinux] extlinux upgrade to 4.04+dfsg-6
fails
has caused the Debian Bug report #647196,
regarding [extlinux] extlinux upgrade to 4.04+dfsg-6 fails
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Package: extlinux
Version: 2:4.04+dfsg-6
Severity: important
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Hello,
It looks like some checks are missing for the themes availability.
LANG=C sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
Resolving dependencies...
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
extlinux
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 40 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Setting up extlinux (2:4.04+dfsg-6) ...
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-rc10+...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0+...
E: /usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian/extlinux: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing extlinux (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while
processing:
extlinux
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up extlinux (2:4.04+dfsg-6) ...
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-rc10+...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0+...
E: /usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian/extlinux: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing extlinux (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
extlinux
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-rc10+
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
500 unstable ftp.de.debian.org
1 experimental ftp.de.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
==========================-+-===========
debconf (>= 0.5) | 1.5.41
OR debconf-2.0 |
libc6 (>= 2.3.3) | 2.13-21
Recommends (Version) | Installed
=====================================-+-===========
syslinux-common | 2:4.04+dfsg-6
syslinux-themes-debian |
Package's Suggests field is empty.
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--- Begin Message ---
On 10/31/2011 04:20 PM, Riccardo Magliocchetti wrote:
> It looks like some checks are missing for the themes availability.
no, it does check.. and give an error message:
[...]
> Setting up extlinux (2:4.04+dfsg-6) ...
> P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-rc10+...
> P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0+...
> E: /usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian/extlinux: No such file or directory
if you configure it to use a theme in /etc/default/extlinux, and that
theme is not available, it must fail so you see an error and know that
you're not getting what you're expecting. fallback on no theme is
therefore not preferable.
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