On Sat, 2012-06-09 at 15:13 +0200, Arno Wagner wrote: > Indeed. I did not notice this. Now I have a new bug for you: > > For some reason, > > apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 > > does not write all files in /boot: > > v5:/boot# ll > total 14M > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jun 9 15:09 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K Jun 8 22:31 ../ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.6M May 6 11:24 System.map-2.6.32-5-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104K May 6 11:24 config-2.6.32-5-amd64 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jun 9 15:09 grub/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9.6M Jun 9 15:09 initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.4M May 6 11:18 vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 > v5:/boot# > > You can see that vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64, config-2.6.32-5-amd64 > and System.map-2.6.32-5-amd64 are old, while initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64 > has been updated. That strikes me as wrong for --reinstall.
The files installed from a package are always given the same
modified-time as the original files that were copied into the package.
So reinstalling doesn't change the time.
Ben.
> That also leaves the question of how I can upgrade these files.
> Do a purge and install new?
--
Ben Hutchings
Lowery's Law:
If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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