Package: extlinux
Version: 2:3.85+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
Attached is a transcript of an attempt to purge a removed kernel
(triggering update-extlinux) on a host that uses extlinux with a
static, hand-written extlinux.conf (using kernel-img.conf symlinks)
rather than update-extlinux.
This issue is also triggered if one has installed extlinux but doesn't
want to use it as the bootloader at all -- e.g. when one is using it
to prepare bootable USB keys.
IMO these use cases are valid and update-extlinux shouldn't break
kernel installs/removes/purges on them by doing a hard "exit 1" when
it isn't in charge.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (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 15:39:32 EST
$ aptitude search ~c
c linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 - Linux 2.6.30 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
c linux-image-2.6.32-2-686 - Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs
$ find /boot/ -ls
358337 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 16 15:34 /boot/
358719 1236 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1259340 Feb 25 20:00 /boot/System.map-2.6.32-3-686
358403 1356 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1382584 Jan 28 16:35 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686.dep
163330 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 16 15:08 /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686
358392 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 579 Mar 16 15:34 /boot/extlinux.conf
162967 112 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110091 Jan 10 20:55 /boot/config-2.6.32-trunk-686
163513 1232 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1254290 Jan 10 20:55 /boot/System.map-2.6.32-trunk-686
163512 2176 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2223264 Jan 10 20:54 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686
163329 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mar 16 15:08 /boot/initrd.img -> initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686
358385 16 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14336 Mar 16 15:24 /boot/extlinux.sys
358949 7640 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7807967 Mar 16 15:08 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686
309834 60 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57140 Dec 1 09:34 /boot/menu.c32
358720 112 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110248 Feb 25 20:00 /boot/config-2.6.32-3-686
358513 5372 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5486072 Jan 28 16:29 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
358473 2188 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2234080 Feb 25 19:59 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686
$ # Note how I am using my own static, hand-written extlinux.conf.
$ sudo aptitude purge linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-image-2.6.30-2-686{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 31127 files and directories currently installed.)
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 ]
+ [ -e /boot/boot/exlinux ]
+ [ -e /extlinux ]
+ [ -z ]
+ echo not found.
+ echo E: To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/extlinux' first.
+ echo E: To install extlinux, do it manually or try the 'extlinux-install' command.
+ echo E: Warning, extlinux-install is used to change your MBR.
+ exit 1
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.30-2-686.postrm line 331.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 (--purge):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
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:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
$
Script done on Tue 16 Mar 2010 15:42:57 EST
