Package: linux-image Version: 2.6.32-5-686_2.6.32-27_i386.deb Severity: normal
Debian/Squueze - Linux 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sat Jul 24 02:27:10 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Hi all, last week the upgrading to sub '27' of captioned linux-image stopped on a line saying 'Running yes' while running update-initramfs. To continue, I had to find the relating process and kill it, thus receiving an error and no upgrading of the image. I tried a few times until, almost by chance, looking at the 'ps' output I saw this line: root 22526 0.0 0.0 3680 480 pts/2 S+ 00:02 0:00 \_ yes 2.6.32-5-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 thus becoming aware there really was a '/usr/bin/yes' program (in coreutils pkg). So I decided to try again after hijacking 'yes' (moving it to '/usr/bin/OLD.yes'): ------------------------ # apt-get upgrade .... Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 (2.6.32-27) ... Running depmod. Running update-initramfs. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 ) points to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-5-686.postinst line 347. vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-5-686.postinst line 347. Running yes. User postinst hook script [yes] failed to execute: No such file or directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 ..... Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 ... E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ------------------------ Despite the error, the image is correctly created and the bootloader updated. However, looking into the 'postinst' file, I was unable to find a call to 'yes' so I do not quite understand what and why is happening. On the other hand, I see no reason why such a program, whose aim is to 'output a string repeatedly until killed' should intervene in the upgrading process. Thanks for any help. Regards, ennio -- [Perche' usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fa' qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) ] (°|°) Ricevo solo messaggi Content-Type: plain/text (no html o multipart). )=( !!! --> e-mail a mio nome via OE (M$) sono false e infette <-- !!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org