Package: linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 Version: 4.3.3-7~bpo8+1 Severity: normal
This version of the backport seems to fail to install properly: $ sudo apt install -t jessie-backports linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: linux-doc-4.3 debian-kernel-handbook The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 210 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/35.5 MB of archives. After this operation, 173 MB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64. (Reading database ... 447530 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64_4.3.3-7~bpo8+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (4.3.3-7~bpo8+1) ... Setting up linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (4.3.3-7~bpo8+1) ... cp: cannot stat '/boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64': No such file or directory Failed to copy /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 to /initrd.img . dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) and indeed, the initrd is not in /boot: [1012]anarcat@angela:~100$ ls -al /boot/ total 73248K drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Feb 13 12:26 . drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Feb 13 12:26 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2676277 Jan 17 16:30 System.map-3.16.0-4-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2889500 Dec 15 05:16 System.map-4.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2949440 Jan 20 18:17 System.map-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157726 Jan 17 16:30 config-3.16.0-4-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169935 Dec 15 05:16 config-4.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171928 Jan 20 18:17 config-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7168 Feb 13 12:24 grub drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 24 21:54 images -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27164630 Jan 23 12:19 initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28134677 Jan 23 12:20 initrd.img-4.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Mar 29 2010 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25372 Sep 24 21:50 memdisk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182704 Sep 10 2014 memtest86+.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184840 Sep 10 2014 memtest86+_multiboot.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 98964 Mar 10 2015 memtest86.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3119888 Jan 17 16:27 vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3480512 Dec 15 05:15 vmlinuz-4.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3566064 Jan 20 18:14 vmlinuz-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 Heck, it's not even in the package itself: $ dpkg -c /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64_4.3.3-7~bpo8+1_amd64.deb | grep /boot/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2016-01-20 18:17 ./boot/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 2949440 2016-01-20 18:17 ./boot/System.map-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- root/root 171928 2016-01-20 18:17 ./boot/config-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- root/root 3566064 2016-01-20 18:14 ./boot/vmlinuz-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 Something really wrong happened when this backport was built... a. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.120 ii kmod 18-3 ii linux-base 3.5 Versions of packages linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 recommends: ii firmware-linux-free 3.3 ii irqbalance 1.0.6-3 Versions of packages linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 suggests: pn debian-kernel-handbook <none> ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-22+deb8u1 pn linux-doc-4.3 <none> -- debconf information: linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64: false linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64: true linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/postinst/mips-initrd-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64:
