On Sep 19, 2011 5:46 PM, "Joey Hess" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Milo Mak wrote: > > debian live-helper # chroot /data/ext/live-helper/chroot > > root@debian:/# dpkg --force-depends --install > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb > > (Reading database ... 349 files and directories currently installed.) > > Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb) ... > > [: 392: Illegal number: 3.0-3.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64 > > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 392: arithmetic expression: expecting EOF: > > "3.0-3.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64" > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb > > (--install): > > This code from the libc6 2.11.2-10 preinst is broken when presented > with a kernel version with only two numbers, like "3.0-foo". One of > likely many reasons that Debian versions the kernel 3.0.0-foo. > > linux_compare_versions () { > verA=$(($(echo "$1" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/'))) > verB=$(($(echo "$3" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/'))) > > test $verA -$2 $verB > } > > It's fixed already in the version in unstable. (Although it's amusing > to note this code in turn falls over if Linus decides a better kernel > version is "4-foo".) > > linux_compare_versions () { > verA=$(($(echo "$1" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\([^.0-9]\|$\)/\1.0\2/; s/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/'))) > verB=$(($(echo "$3" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\([^.0-9]\|$\)/\1.0\2/; s/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \* 10000 + \2 \* 100 + \3/'))) > > test $verA -$2 $verB > } > > I'm unsure about trying to work around this in debootstrap, despite > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/802985 having > a LD_PRELOAD hack to do so. > > -- > see shy jo
Ah I see. Compiled a kernel with a name in the form of 3.x.y-foo and it did resolve the issue. Thanks Milo Mak
