lucid is EOL
closing as obsolete
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/884549
Title:
old linux-backports-* packages cannot be purged when corresponding
linux-image is no longer available
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
it's impossible to purge some older linux-backports-* packages on my
lucid system
$ aptitude search ~c|grep linux
c linux-backports-modules-nouveau - Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for
version
c linux-backports-modules-wireles - compat-wireless Linux modules for
version
$ sudo aptitude purge linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-19-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-19-generic{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 345225 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-19-generic ...
Purging configuration files for
linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-19-generic ...
FATAL: Could not open '/boot/System.map-2.6.32-19-generic': No such file or
directory
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.32-19-generic
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
dpkg: error processing linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-19-generic
(--purge):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-19-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
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