I can confirm it: ~/src/debs$ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-custom_2.6.24-rc8-custom-10.00.Custom_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-custom. (Reading database ... 138569 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-custom (from linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-custom_2.6.24-rc8-custom-10.00.Custom_i386.deb) ... Done. Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-custom (2.6.24-rc8-custom-10.00.Custom) ... Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.24-rc8-custom-10.00.Custom was configured last, according to dpkg) Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.24-rc8-custom-10.00.Custom was configured last, according to dpkg) Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.1-custom Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-custom Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-7-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-5-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-rc8-custom Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable User postinst hook script [update-grub] exited with value 1 dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-custom (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-custom ~/src/debs$ fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ~/src/debs$
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