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and subject line Re: Bug#816881: dpkg: fails to install kernel with boot
partition with vfat filesystem
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.17.26
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I have installed my Debian system with a /boot partition on FAT16 because I
have a common partition for /boot and UEFI firmware.
However, installing the linux-kernel tryes to do a symbolic link as a backup
measure before upgrade.
Since FAT filesystems do not support symlinks the process fails and the pacakge
remains unconfigured.
I expect the package to install and issue a warning instead of an error, ask me
what to do or I don't know.
See output bellow (Romanian, sorry)
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Unpacking linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 (3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4) over
(3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-
image-3.16.0-4-amd64_3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
nu se poate face legătură copie de siguranță lui
„./boot/System.map-3.16.0-4-amd64” înainte de instalarea noii versiuni:
Operation not permitted
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess lipește was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
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umber Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 1050623 512.0 MiB EF00 EFI System
2 1050624 17827839 8.0 GiB 8200 Linux swap
3 17827840 1250263694 587.7 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (400, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ro_RO.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-7+b3
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u3
ii liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3
ii libselinux1 2.3-2
ii tar 1.27.1-2+b1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
dpkg recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dpkg suggests:
ii apt 1.0.9.8.2
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Control: tags -1 wontfix
Hi!
On Sun, 2016-03-06 at 10:20:14 +0200, Ioan Eugen Stan wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.17.26
> Severity: important
> I have installed my Debian system with a /boot partition on FAT16 because I
> have a common partition for /boot and UEFI firmware.
I'm sorry, but dpkg does not support installation on filesystems as
limited as FAT, it needs a filesystem with POSIX guarantees. So I'm
marking this bug as wontfix and closing.
> However, installing the linux-kernel tryes to do a symbolic link as a backup
> measure before upgrade.
Not a symlink, a hard link.
> Since FAT filesystems do not support symlinks the process fails and the
> pacakge
> remains unconfigured.
Right, it does not support symlinks either.
> I expect the package to install and issue a warning instead of an error, ask
> me
> what to do or I don't know.
Please, switch the filesystem to something else.
Thanks,
Guillem
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