Package: kernel-package
Version: 12.031
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Trying to install a Linux kernel built with kernel-kpkg won't
result in a bootable kernel after reboot.
This is a typical output from a succeeded install:
$ LC_ALL=C sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.32_2_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 121446 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.32 2 (using
linux-image-2.6.32_2_amd64.deb) ...
The directory /lib/modules/2.6.32 still exists. Continuing as directed.
Examining /etc/kernel/preinst.d/
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.32 ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32
Setting up linux-image-2.6.32 (2) ...
Running depmod.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 2.6.32 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32
The tricky part is that /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
decides to do nothing when getting 2 args.
Moreover, no bootloader update script is executed.
Looking at kernel-img.conf(5) and kernel-pkg.conf(5) does describe
good old posthooks to call update-grub, but they're marked as
obsolete.
Am I missing some stuff that changed in the last packages ?
PS: i use kernel-kpkg since a long long long time, 2.6.18
maybe so I cleaned up kernel-img.conf so that it doesn't
use old variables anymore, nor obsolete vars. But this makes
it nearly impossible to get a booting kernel.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kernel-package depends on:
ii binutils 2.20-4 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent
ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii file 5.03-4 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gettext 0.17-8 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii make 3.81-7 An utility for Directing compilati
ii module-init-tools 3.11-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii po-debconf 1.0.16 tool for managing templates file t
ii util-linux 2.16.2-0 Miscellaneous system utilities
Versions of packages kernel-package recommends:
ii cpio 2.10-1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
Versions of packages kernel-package suggests:
ii bzip2 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co
pn docbook-utils <none> (no description available)
ii e2fsprogs 1.41.9-1 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utiliti
ii initramfs-tools [linux-in 0.93.4 tools for generating an initramfs
pn libdb3-dev <none> (no description available)
ii libncurses5-dev [libncurs 5.7+20090803-2 developer's libraries and docs for
pn linux-source | kernel-sou <none> (no description available)
pn xmlto <none> (no description available)
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