"why is there no way to indicate to APT that SNAP handles this package?" I think there should be no way:). Snap pc-kernel has own firmware files on read-only file system. Probably the developers forgot about the wireless-regdb package's relation to the snap kernel at last update, and there can be some other packages too. Well snap kernel is on very early stage, this kind bug is normal.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to wireless-regdb in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2096979 Title: wireless-regdb update problem at Ubuntu 24.04.1 TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption setup Status in wireless-regdb package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have an Ubuntu 24.04.1 TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption setup, there is a problem with last wireless-regdb update. Whenever I try to update the system, I get this error: The following packages will be upgraded: wireless-regdb 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/7.058 B of archives. After this operation, 1.024 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 131856 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb ... Unpacking wireless-regdb (2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1) over (2022.06.06-0ubuntu2) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb (--unpack): unable to create '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/regulatory.db'): Read-only file system dpkg: error while cleaning up: unable to remove newly-extracted version of '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db': Read-only file system Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I tried "sudo dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq wireless-regdb" and got this error: dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled: dpkg: warning: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal (Reading database ... 131856 files and directories currently installed.) Removing wireless-regdb (2022.06.06-0ubuntu2) ... dpkg: error processing package wireless-regdb (--purge): cannot remove '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db.p7s': Read-only file system Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: wireless-regdb I know snap pc-kernel has own firmware on immutable read-only filesystem. wireless-regdb package was on the system with no problem. How can I uninstall the package? or is this a bug with lastest wireless-regdb against snap pc-kernel install? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-regdb/+bug/2096979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
