Bug#594479: when lilo.conf missing and grub in use, postinstall kernel pkg fails

2010-08-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:14:46PM -0500, Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: > Ben, > > Thank you for your attention to this bug. > > I have to wonder: let's say I have both grub and lilo packages, and I > have in the past used one or the other... how will this new policy play > out? I'd think that I'd hav

Bug#594479: when lilo.conf missing and grub in use, postinstall kernel pkg fails

2010-08-28 Thread Moshe Yudkowsky
Ben, Thank you for your attention to this bug. I have to wonder: let's say I have both grub and lilo packages, and I have in the past used one or the other... how will this new policy play out? I'd think that I'd have to make a choice in /etc/alternate, or dpkg configure, rather than have the

Bug#594479: when lilo.conf missing and grub in use, postinstall kernel pkg fails

2010-08-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 04:43 -0500, Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: > Package: lilo > Version: 1:22.8-8.2 > Justification: breaks unrelated software The kernel is most certainly not 'unrelated' to lilo. > Severity: critical > Tags: sid > > The lilo package is installed but /etc/lilo.conf is missing; at pr

Bug#594479: when lilo.conf missing and grub in use, postinstall kernel pkg fails

2010-08-26 Thread Moshe Yudkowsky
Package: lilo Version: 1:22.8-8.2 Justification: breaks unrelated software Severity: critical Tags: sid The lilo package is installed but /etc/lilo.conf is missing; at present I use grub. In the latest update of lilo, I can no longer install kernel updates, as seen in the following output: