Your message dated Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:16:59 +0200
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and subject line Kernel from Debian 3.1 no longer supported
has caused the Debian Bug report #339487,
regarding kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: Installation fails in half-installed
state; can neither install nor remove
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
Version: 2.6.8-12
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 10.7.3
Post-removal script fails reporting "Not a directory: --verbose" (or '-v').
kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc is left stuck in a half-installed state and can
not be installed, removed, or upgraded via apt-get or dpkg. The process of
installing, upgrading and removing _other_ packages is also affected since
every iteration of apt-get fails while trying to process
kernel-image_2.6.8-powerpc, as does "apt-get install -f".
An attempt to install kernel-image-2.6-powerpc exhibited the same symptom,
as does "apt-get install --reinstall kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc"
System state is reflected in the following traces:
cmd:> dpkg -l kernel-image*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un kernel-image <none> (no description available)
un kernel-image-2 <none> (no description available)
iU kernel-image-2 2.6.12-10 Linux kernel 2.6 image on powerpc-class mach
iHR kernel-image-2 2.6.8-12 Linux kernel image for 2.6.8-powerpc
cmd:> dpkg -l *powerpc
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
iU kernel-image-2 2.6.12-10 Linux kernel 2.6 image on powerpc-class mach
iHR kernel-image-2 2.6.8-12 Linux kernel image for 2.6.8-powerpc
iU linux-image-2. 2.6.12-10 Linux kernel 2.6 image on powerpc-class mach
iHR linux-image-2. 2.6.12-10 Linux kernel 2.6.12 image on powerpc-class m
cmd:> apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
Recommended packages:
hotplug
The following packages will be upgraded:
kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/28.1MB of archives.
After unpacking 274kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 88449 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc 2.6.12-10 (using
.../linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc_2.6.12-10_powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc ...
Not a directory: --verbose
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc.postrm line 270.
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Not a directory: --verbose
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm line 270.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc_2.6.12-10_powerpc.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Not a directory: --verbose
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm line 270.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Preparing to replace kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc 2.6.8-12 (using
.../kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-16_powerpc.deb) ...
The directory /lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc still exists. Continuing as directed.
Unpacking replacement kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc ...
Not a directory: -v
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at
/var/lib/dpkg/info/kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc.postrm line 250.
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Not a directory: --verbose
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm line 250.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-16_powerpc.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Not a directory: --verbose
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm line 250.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc_2.6.12-10_powerpc.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-16_powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
cmd:> apt-get remove kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/14.6MB of archives.
After unpacking 40.2MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
what(): basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
Aborted
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (1001, 'testing'), (990, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.17rich1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc depends on:
ii initrd-tools 0.1.84 tools to create initrd image for p
ii mkvmlinuz 15 create a kernel to boot a PowerPC
ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre9-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc recommends:
pn hotplug <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.6.8-99+rm
You reported a bug against the Linux kernel (version 2.6.8) that was
shipped with Debian 3.1 (sarge). Since Debian 3.1 is no longer
supported and the kernel has changed so much that it would be very
difficult to verify every outstanding bug from 2.6.8, I'm hereby
closing your bug report.
If you still see this issue with the kernel from the upcoming release
of Debian (lenny, version 5.0), then please me know and I'll be happy
to reopen this bug report.
Thanks.
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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