Your message dated Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:54:28 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#717128: extlinux: Wrong sorting of multiple linux
kernel images in /boot
has caused the Debian Bug report #717128,
regarding extlinux: Wrong sorting of multiple linux kernel images in /boot
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Package: extlinux
Version: 2:4.05+dfsg-6+deb7u1
Severity: normal
The script /usr/sbin/extlinux-update sorts the kernels it finds in /boot
with the following shell code:
(cd /boot && ls vmlinuz-* | grep -v .dpkg-tmp | sed -e 's|vmlinuz-||g' | sort
-nr)
I believe the intention is to put the latest keenel first, as that is
how the corresponding script for grub2 behaves. But alas:
[16+1]~$ ( echo 9 ; echo 10 ) | sort -nr
10
9
[17+1]~$ ( echo 3.9.9 ; echo 3.9.10 ) | sort -nr
3.9.9
3.9.10
and thus also
[18+1]~$ (cd /boot && ls vmlinuz-* | grep -v .dpkg-tmp | sed -e
's|vmlinuz-||g' | sort -nr)
3.9.9
3.9.10
Clearly, the script needs to be a bit smarter about sorting the version
numbers, perhaps creatively reusing some code from the grub or dpkg
packages.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.9.9.3 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages extlinux depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49
ii libc6 2.13-38
Versions of packages extlinux recommends:
pn os-prober <none>
ii syslinux-common 2:4.05+dfsg-6+deb7u1
pn syslinux-themes-debian <none>
extlinux suggests no packages.
-- debconf information excluded
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Version: 3:6.00~pre4+dfsg-5
On 07/17/2013 08:35 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Clearly, the script needs to be a bit smarter about sorting the version
> numbers
it already is as of above version, closing.
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