Bug#429530: initramfs-tools postinstall calls mktemp which is not installed (missing dependency)
Holger Berger
Version: 0.88
Severity: normal
After apt-get update/upgrade initramfs-tools failed in postinstall
when attempting to call "mktemp" which is not installed on the system.
Installing mktemp package and reconfiguring initramfs-tools solved
the problem.
This seems to be a missing dependency of the package.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=900 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,57600
-- /proc/filesystems
cramfs
ext3
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 228000 16
dm_snapshot 15904 0
dm_mirror 19600 0
dm_mod 50776 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
parport_pc 32612 0
parport 33672 1 parport_pc
psmouse 35336 0
i2c_viapro 8596 0
serio_raw 6980 0
shpchp 33312 0
pci_hotplug 29056 1 shpchp
i2c_core 20096 1 i2c_viapro
evdev 9408 0
amd64_agp 12292 1
agpgart 30216 1 amd64_agp
pcspkr 3392 0
rtc 12788 0
ext3 120584 2
jbd 52968 1 ext3
mbcache 8644 1 ext3
raid1 21632 2
md_mod 71060 3 raid1
ide_generic 1728 0 [permanent]
sd_mod 19456 8
via82cxxx 8708 0 [permanent]
generic 5764 0 [permanent]
sata_via 10372 6
uhci_hcd 21580 0
libata 90772 1 sata_via
ehci_hcd 28488 0
floppy 53668 0
ide_core 110984 3 ide_generic,via82cxxx,generic
scsi_mod 124872 2 sd_mod,libata
usbcore 113412 3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
r8169 28872 0
thermal 13896 0
processor 29128 1 thermal
fan 5124 0
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel Image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = Yes
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-k7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-4 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.7-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.4.34-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.105-4 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
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Teodor
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.88
Severity: normal
After apt-get update/upgrade initramfs-tools failed in postinstall
when attempting to call "mktemp" which is not installed on the system.
There is something unusual on your system, because all the required packages must be installed.
Installing mktemp package and reconfiguring initramfs-tools solved
the problem.
This seems to be a missing dependency of the package.
There is no need for a dependency because the package 'mktemp' has the 'required' priority.
$ apt-cache show mktemp
Package: mktemp
Essential: yes
Priority: *required*
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 24
Maintainer: Clint Adams <sch...@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.5-2
Replaces: debianutils (<< 2.16)
Bastian Blank
> There is something unusual on your system, because all the required packages
> must be installed.
Incorrect. Only essential packages needs to be installed.
> There is no need for a dependency because the package 'mktemp' has the
> 'required' priority.
It is essential.
Bastian
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