Package: src:linux Version: 3.12.9-1 Severity: normal I had the wrong /boot mounted. After reboot I noticed that, got the correct filesystem on there, and did "apt- get install --reinstall" - but that stopped with the error message above.
strace showed this: [pid 8236] 09:56:54.538994 symlink("/boot/initrd.img-3.12-1-amd64", "initrd.img") = -1 EEXIST (File exists) Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-3.12-1-amd64 to initrd.img. So I guess there might be some script that looks at the link, says "it's correct, no need to delete", but the symlink() call later on then gets the error. -- Package-specific info: ** Kernel log: boot messages should be attached -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.52 ii initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.115 ii kmod 16-2 ii linux-base 3.5 ii module-init-tools 16-2 Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 recommends: ii firmware-linux-free 3.2 Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 suggests: pn debian-kernel-handbook <none> ii grub-pc 2.00-22 pn linux-doc-3.12 <none> Versions of packages linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 is related to: pn firmware-atheros <none> pn firmware-bnx2 <none> pn firmware-bnx2x <none> ii firmware-brcm80211 0.40 pn firmware-intelwimax <none> pn firmware-ipw2x00 <none> pn firmware-ivtv <none> pn firmware-iwlwifi <none> pn firmware-libertas <none> ii firmware-linux 0.40 ii firmware-linux-nonfree 0.40 pn firmware-myricom <none> pn firmware-netxen <none> pn firmware-qlogic <none> pn firmware-ralink <none> ii firmware-realtek 0.40 pn xen-hypervisor <none> -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org