Quoting Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo (2017-03-06 22:33:18) > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > > Hi Jonas, > > 2016-10-21 11:22 Jonas Smedegaard: > >Package: aptitude > >Version: 0.8.3-1+b1 > >Severity: important > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA256 > > > >Aptitude has thrown me into limbo (hence severity important): > > > >A kernel update failed (ran out of space in /boot, and/or bugs in kernel > >hooks for sicherboot), flagging it as needing a reinstall. > > > >Choosing "L" to reinstall and then "G", is refused with (in danish, on > >my system) a message saying that no packages will be installed, removed > >or upgraded, some packages could be upgraded, and I should press "U" to > >do that. > > > >Seems that check is missing the option of reinstall in its logic. > > I think that the problem might be that it cannot use the same version of > the package to download, if it's not available in the list of packages, > so it cannot do nothing, other than suggesting to upgrade.
Not sure I follow what you are saying above. Seems you are saying that you suspect that pressing "L" cannot work. I have reinstalled packages before in that way. > Do you remember if it allowed you to fix the system by using "+" > (install or upgrade) instead? No, I did not try to use "+": Aptitude explicitly told that it needed _reinstall_ and it worked to _request_ a reinstall but then failed to _execute_ the request. Frankly didn't occur to me to try trick aptitude by requesting an _update_ for a package with no newer version available but in broken state. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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