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"mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image"
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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Attempting to install linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64, as per the sarge security
advisory
Output follows:
# apt-get install linux-image-2.6-amd64 linux-doc-2.6.18
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-doc-2.6.18 linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-image-2.6-amd64
1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
....
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64.
(Reading database ... 181917 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (from
.../linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-doc-2.6.18.
Unpacking linux-doc-2.6.18 (from
.../linux-doc-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2_all.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.18+6 (using
.../linux-image-2.6-amd64_2.6.18+6etch2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6-amd64 ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2) ...
Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link
/lib/modules/2.6.18-5-amd64/source
However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-amd64/source
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Setting up linux-doc-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6-amd64 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
linux-image-2.6-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'stable'), (20, 'testing'), (10,
'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 depends on:
ii coreutil 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii e2fsprog 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2 ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii initramf 0.85h tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-i 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-5-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-5-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-5-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-5-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-5-amd64:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-5-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-5-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-5-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-5-amd64:
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This one time, at band camp, Robert King said:
> gzip: stdout: No space left on device
> mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.
Installing a package always fails if you don't have any disk space.
That's not a failure of the package, it's a failure of physics.
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