severity 315493 wishlist reassign 315493 kernelpackage stop On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Meno Abels wrote:
> My system has a /boot partion which is a vfat filesystem so that i > could configure the grub also from e.g. freebsd. If i now run > apt-get upgrade or dpkg -i <pkg> i get the following error: you use the same boot partition for bsd and linux? strange that such stuff ends on vfat. <snipp make-kpkg errors> > > The problem is that it is not possible to create a softlink on /boot which > is correct if it is a vfat filesystem. > If I copy the content of /boot to a tar and extract the content later on a > filesystem mounted to /boot which is able to handle links the update works. > So there is a way around but this behavior is very bothering, if you have > around > 10 machines which you try to update. I had a short view to the package > description > but i don't understand what going on there. > So is there someone who can fix this problem. i don't know if the make-kpkg maintainer whishes to support /boot on vfat, but it could use cp and mv for the backup.. anyway reassigning. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
