At Thu, 01 Apr 2004 07:10:50 +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > running cdebootstrap I see the following error: > > O: /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 184: [: 23dual: integer expression expected > > Looking at the preinst > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > if [ "$1" != abort-upgrade ] && [ "`uname -s`" = Linux ] > then > # Test to make sure z < 255, in x.y.z-n form of kernel version > kernel_rev=$(uname -r | awk -F '[.-]' '{print $3}') > if [ "$kernel_rev" -ge 255 ] > then > echo WARNING: Your kernel version indicates a revision number > echo of 255 or greater. Glibc has a number of built in > echo assumptions that this revision number is less than 255. > echo If you\'ve built your own kernel, please make sure that any > echo custom version numbers are appended to the upstream > echo kernel number with a dash or some other delimiter. > > exit 1 > fi > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > the problem becomes clear. > > % uname -r > 2.4.23dual
You didn't use make-kpkg? > I have seen no ill effects from this in month so I guess glibc does a > scanf and gets 23 as revision number or I'm just plain lucky. Maybe I > should have used 2.4.23-dual but I didn't and glibc should cope with > that. > > I guess the 'if [ "$kernel_rev" -ge 255 ]' should be true in this case > too, i.e. display the warning and exit 1, but giving an error on [ is > startling (Thats what I mean with cope. Doesn't have to work, just > give a helpfull message). There are various ways to fix this situation, one example: kernel_rev=$(uname -r | awk -F '[.-]' '{print $3}' | sed 's/\([[:digit:]]*\).*/\1/' ) Could someone who is shell script god suggest us the nice way to fix it? Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]