[Pkg-uml-devel] Re: [uml-devel] Debian user mode linux 2.6.8 and supporting utils don't install

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, pierrelaroche wrote:
> Here is the apt-get log showing the problem I mentioned,
> 
> debian:/etc/apt# apt-get install user-mode-linux
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   busybox fontconfig fontconfig-config klibc-utils libc6 libc6-dev libcairo2
> libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libglib2.0-0
> libhal-storage1 libhal1 libklibc libncurses5 libpango1.0-0
>   libpango1.0-common libreadline5 libselinux1 libsepol1 libusb-0.1-4
> libvolume-id0 locales lsb-base makedev module-init-tools readline-common
> tzdata uml-utilities
> Suggested packages:
>   glibc-doc libfreetype6-dev ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho
> ttf-thryomanes ttf-baekmuk ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp
> ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp rootstrap slirp linux-patch-skas
> Recommended packages:
>   dbus libglib2.0-data x-ttcidfont-conf
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   base-config initrd-tools kernel-image-2.4.27-3-386 kernel-image-2.6-686
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   busybox fontconfig-config klibc-utils libcairo2 libdbus-1-3
> libdbus-glib-1-2 libhal-storage1 libhal1 libklibc libvolume-id0
> readline-common tzdata uml-utilities user-mode-linux
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   fontconfig libc6 libc6-dev libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libglib2.0-0
> libncurses5 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libreadline5 libselinux1
> libsepol1 libusb-0.1-4 locales lsb-base makedev module-init-tools
> 17 upgraded, 14 newly installed, 5 to remove and 746 not upgraded.
> Need to get 41.7MB of archives.
> After unpacking 4974kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> 
> 
> note: my sources are pointing to the unstable tree

Testing/Unstable no longer have `kernel-image-*' packages, the new names are of
the form `linux-image-*'. So these are old packages from stable/sarge.

The old ``kernel-image-*' packages depend on initrd-tool, but the new libc6
conflicts with initrd-tools.

So either you'll have to upgrade to a kernel from testing/unstable, or build
user-mode-linux yourself from source.

> On 1/9/07 2:16 AM, "Mattia Dongili" <malattia at linux.it> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > first of all: do you really mean 2.6.8??
> > 
> > On Tue, January 9, 2007 10:55 am, pierrelaroche said:
> >> These programs, as found in the Debian unstable tree, don't install
> >> properly
> >> on my Debian system. Apt-get insists on first removing all my kernel
> >> images
> >> claiming a conflict.
> > 
> > hmmm, maybe apt gets some dependency wrong, can you share the output of
> > apt-get?
> > 
> >> The installation succeeds however if the .deb files are downloaded first
> >> before installation (the files are downloaded, and then installed using
> >> dpkg).
> >> 
> >> Also, where can I find the source code and the instructions to recreate
> >> these binaries? I would like to generate a debug version. I need to know
> >> the
> >> system setup, and the uml patches used to create these binaries (2.6.8).
> > 
> > apt-get source user-mode-linux
> > and build it with
> > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -b -rfakeroot

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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