Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-2-sparc32 Version: 2.4.27-9 Severity: important
I had an old sparc which was running a 2.2.20 kernel (yes, old) and libc6 2.2.5-11.5. I tried to upgrade it (apt-get install dist-upgrade) and it choked. In particular, the kernel depends on a newer version of libc: locks-keyed-alike:~# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4-sparc32 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: kernel-image-2.4-sparc32: Depends: kernel-image-2.4.27-2-sparc32 but it is not going to be installed libdb1-compat: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13) but 2.2.5-11.5 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). And the libc won't install without a newer kernel version: Do you want to upgrade glibc now? [Y/n] WARNING: You have a cpu which requires kernel 2.4.21 or greater in order to install this version of glibc. Please upgrade the kernel before installing this package. You should be able to install the latest version of the sparc kernel-image in order to satisfy this need. You can also download and compile the latest kernel source yourself from a kernel mirror (see http://www.kernel.org/). dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-22_sparc.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 At this point, apt-get -f install fails as above, I can't install the new libc without the new kernel, and I can't install the new kernel without the new libc. I eventually got myself out of this by replacing uname with a shell script which claimed I was running 2.4.21, and then actually upgraded everything, but this is a pretty absurd thing to have to do. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: sparc Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-sparc32 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages kernel-image-2.4.27-2-sparc32 depends on: ii initrd-tools 0.1.81.1 tools to create initrd image for p ii modutils 2.4.26-1.2 Linux module utilities -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
