On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.93.2 > Severity: normal > > > I was trying to remove a 2.6.27 kernel I had built from source and somehow the > initrd was removed before initramfs-tools tried to remove it. > > This resulted in a failure to remove the kernel from the packaging system. > > See also bug #524499. The error message I was left with was: > > > > Cannot delete /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27, doesn't exist. > > > run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 > > > dpkg: error processing linux-2.6.27 (--purge): > > > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > linux-2.6.27 > > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > So this is a problem with > > /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools > > > > > I temporarily added "exit 0" to the start of > > > /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools to force the removal of > > > kernel-2.6.27. > > > > Right. We need to get the script in > > /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools > > fixed. Any idea where it came from? > >
can you put an "set -x" on top of /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools when trying to purge that one. thanks -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
