The package finally made it into the Debian sid repo, and I was able to install it successfully:
# cat /proc/version Linux version 3.8-1-sparc64-smp (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.7.3 (Debian 4.7.3-3) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.8.12-1 This log of removals extract from ftp-master.debian.org indicates when the old version was deleted: ========================================================================= [Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 09:39:45 +0000] [ftpmaster: Ansgar Burchardt] Removed the following packages from experimental: linux-image-3.8-trunk-sparc64-smp | 3.8.5-1~experimental.1 | sparc ------------------- Reason ------------------- [auto-cruft] NVIU ---------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Unfortunately, a newer version was not available in unstable, due to the failed build of Linux ver 3.8.11-1 for sparc. This issue is now resolved. Cheers, Mitch Halmu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org