Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686
Version: 2.6.18-8
Severity: important
Configuring linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 with yaird 0.0.12-14 fails (“bad
value in /boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:
CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"”), whereas
0.0.12-18 succeeds. (See partial transcript below.)
Looking at yaird's changelog.Debian.gz, I see that 0.0.12-15 includes a
change to “[e]xtend patch 1002 to allow "$" in KConfig regex (as
introduced in 2.6.17-rc1-mm3).”
I conclude that the "...$UNAME_RELEASE..." value in
/boot/config-2.6.18-3-686 requires a yaird of version 0.0.12-15 or
greater.
Please accordingly change linux-image-2.6.18-3-686's Depends line from
‘yaird (>= 0.0.12-8)’ to ‘yaird (>= 0.0.12-15)’.
Thanks,
pjrm.
Partial transcript showing failure, upgrade of yaird, and subsequent
success of configuring:
# apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686
...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
yaird error: bad value in /boot/config-2.6.18-3-686:
CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config" (fatal)
mkinitrd.yaird failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-686:
linux-image-2.6-686 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-3-686; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-686 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686
linux-image-2.6-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
# apt-get install yaird
...
Preparing to replace yaird 0.0.12-14 (using .../yaird_0.0.12-18_i386.deb) ...
...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 (2.6.18-7) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
Setting up linux-image-2.6-686 (2.6.18+5) ...
#
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.8 Debian configuration management sy
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre3-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.12-18 Yet Another mkInitRD
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 recommends:
pn libc6-i686 <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-3-686:
