Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.85h Severity: serious Demonstration of the problem:
debian:~# apt-get install busybox-static Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: dash libhtml-template-perl libparse-recdescent-perl linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 yaird Suggested packages: libipc-sharedcache-perl linux-doc-2.6.18 doc-base The following packages will be REMOVED: busybox initramfs-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: busybox-static dash libhtml-template-perl libparse-recdescent-perl yaird The following packages will be upgraded: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 1 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 27 not upgraded. Need to get 17.4MB of archives. After unpacking 237kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. Commentary on the problem: I do not believe that initramfs-tools should have to be removed with the installation of busybox-static. Instead, it seems that the control file of the initramfs-tools package has an error: debian:~# apt-cache show initramfs-tools|grep Depends: Depends: klibc-utils (>= 1.4.19-2), busybox (>= 1:1.01-3) | busybox-cvs-static (>= 20040623-1), cpio, module-init-tools, udev (>= 0.086-1) It appears to me that busybox-cvs-static likely should be busybox-static in that Depends line, or busybox-static should be added to the list. Sincerely, -- Lester Hightower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
