Package: extlinux
Version: 2:3.85+dfsg-1
Severity: important
update-extlinux breaks any attempt to install/remove/purge kernels on
several of my hosts. Attached is a transcript of an attempt to purge
a kernel, after changing "set -e" to "set -ex" in update-extlinux.
AFAICT it's upset because there's no boot.txt file.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages extlinux depends on:
ii libc6 2.10.2-6em1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
Versions of packages extlinux recommends:
ii syslinux-common 2:3.85+dfsg-1 Kernel loader which uses a FAT, ex
extlinux suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
Script started on Tue 16 Mar 2010 15:13:38 EST
$ aptitude search linux-image-2.6.30-2-686
c linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 - Linux 2.6.30 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
$ aptitude purge linux-image-2.6.30-2-686^W^W ^C
$
$ sudo aptitude purge linux-image-2.6.30-2-686
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Removing linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 ...
Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux 2.6.30-2-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686
+ DEVICE=2.6.30-2-686
+ echo -n P: Searching for EXTLINUX directory...
+ [ -e /boot/extlinux ]
+ DIRECTORY=/boot/extlinux
+ echo found: /boot/extlinux
+ break
+ [ -z /boot/extlinux ]
+ [ ! -e /etc/default/extlinux ]
+ . /etc/default/extlinux
+ EXTLINUX_ALTERNATIVES=default recovery
+ EXTLINUX_DEFAULT=0
+ EXTLINUX_MENU_LABEL=Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
+ EXTLINUX_PARAMETERS=ro quiet
+ EXTLINUX_ROOT=root=LABEL=root
+ EXTLINUX_THEME=
+ EXTLINUX_TIMEOUT=50
+ cat
+ cd /boot
+ sort -r
+ sed -e s|vmlinuz-||g
+ ls vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686
+ VERSIONS=2.6.32-trunk-686
2.6.32-3-686
+ stat --printf %d /
+ stat --printf %d /boot
+ [ 2049 = 2049 ]
+ BOOT=/boot
+ echo P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686...
+ NUMBER=0
+ [ -e /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686 ]
+ INITRD=initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
+ grep -q default
+ echo default recovery
+ cat
+ grep -q live
+ echo default recovery
+ grep -q recovery
+ echo default recovery
+ cat
+ NUMBER=1
+ echo P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686...
+ NUMBER=1
+ [ -e /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 ]
+ INITRD=initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686
+ grep -q default
+ echo default recovery
+ cat
+ grep -q live
+ echo default recovery
+ grep -q recovery
+ echo default recovery
+ cat
+ NUMBER=2
+ cat
+ [ -n ]
+ cat
+ [ -e /boot/extlinux/boot.txt ]
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.30-2-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 (--purge):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 128
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.30-2-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
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$ find /boot/extlinux -ls
358344 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 24 11:28 /boot/extlinux
358341 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 801 Dec 18 23:38 /boot/extlinux/recovery.cfg
278008 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204 Feb 24 11:28 /boot/extlinux/options.cfg~
278600 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 245 Mar 16 15:14 /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
358373 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 781 Dec 18 23:38 /boot/extlinux/recovery.cfg~
358490 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1128 Mar 16 15:14 /boot/extlinux/linux.cfg
278589 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 594 Jan 27 02:08 /boot/extlinux/kernel.cfg
358347 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88 Dec 18 23:33 /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf~
358361 16 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14336 Dec 18 22:32 /boot/extlinux/extlinux.sys
358365 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 198 Feb 24 11:28 /boot/extlinux/options.cfg
$ pkg - dpkg -l extlinux
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-======================================================-======================================================-============================================================================================================================
ii extlinux 2:3.85+dfsg-1 utilities for the syslinux bootloaders (ext2/ext3 bootloader)
$
Script done on Tue 16 Mar 2010 15:17:05 EST
