On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 11:14:05PM +0200, Michal ??iha?? wrote:
> It needs to cause failure on installation or otherwise rpm would
> complain on every start.
The package does not complete installation as a result, so this is most
definitely a bug that should be reopened. Leaving a package in a
pa
Package: rpm
Version: 4.7.1-3
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
The updated rpm package fails to install, reporting some sort of
incompatibility with a previous version. Attempts to remove or purge it
would remove various other packages, such as lsb or alien.
Setting up
The problem appears to be caused by unresolved dependencies when
tracking stable, but using kernel packages from testing or unstable. The
follwing steps are needed to get this situation straightened out:
1. aptitude remove linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
2. aptitude install coreutils/unstable
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Attempting to do an upgrade produces the following error:
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-11) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Package: user-mode-linux
Version: 2.6.16-1um-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
I reported on the UML mailing list that I was unable to boot from an ISO
image, even after various gyrations. Jeff Dike suggested that the binary
was probably compiled without proper block suppo
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