Re: libc6 kernel upgrade problem

[Robert, please do not take this off-list. Thanks.]

Robert Jerrard <rjerrard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 23:05 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
You should install a 2.6.18 kernel from etch, after that is done you
can upgrade libc6 and the kernel to break the loop.

BTW, it is not recommended to keep such a huge backlog of packages if
you are running unstable. Resolving the dependencies for your 863 not
upgraded packages will be hard for apt-get/aptitude.

Regards,
Sven

I suppose the kernel I need should be linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 but trying
to install (simulated using -s option) it leads me back to the -f
install issue with libc6:

penrose:~# apt-get -s install -t etch linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7: Depends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.55) but it is
not going to be installed or
yaird (>= 0.0.12-8) but it is not
going to be installed or
linux-initramfs-tool
locales: Depends: glibc-2.6-1
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).

I suppose apt-get is trying to install your initrd creator from sid,
which brings you back to the libc6 problem. Try

# apt-get -s install -t etch linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 initramfs-tools

and see if that would help.

Sven


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