From: CACook@quantum-sci.com
To: "linux-btrfs" <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Cannot Deinstall a Debian Package
Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 06:56:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201105060656.12544.CACook@quantum-sci.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110506132158.GA20200@attic.humilis.net>
Same old problem.
On Friday 6 May, 2011 06:21:58 Sander wrote:
> Can you try:
>
> dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_1.99~rc1-13_amd64.deb
> apt-get dist-upgrade
# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_1.99~rc1-13_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 135273 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub-pc 1.99~rc1-13 (using .../grub-pc_1.99~rc1-13_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-pc ...
Setting up grub-pc (1.99~rc1-13) ...
grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.
Installation finished. No error reported.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
grub-pc
#
> If that (second step) doesn't work:
>
> echo "true" > /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-installer.postinst
> apt-get dist-upgrade
# echo "true" > /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-installer.postinst
# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_1.99~rc1-13_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 135273 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub-pc 1.99~rc1-13 (using .../grub-pc_1.99~rc1-13_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-pc ...
Setting up grub-pc (1.99~rc1-13) ...
grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.
Installation finished. No error reported.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
grub-pc
# which update-grub
/usr/sbin/update-grub
# /usr/sbin/update-grub -v
grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 1.99~rc1-13
Apparently 1.99~rc1-13 is installed and synaptic confirms this, despite the script failure, although every .mod file in /usr/lib/grub is in the i386-pc directory. I'm running 64bit Debian Testing with kernel 2.6.37-2.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-06 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-03 19:27 Cannot Deinstall a Debian Package CACook
2011-05-03 21:26 ` Fajar A. Nugraha
2011-05-03 22:20 ` CACook
2011-05-03 23:02 ` Chuck Burns
2011-05-04 0:12 ` CACook
2011-05-04 0:25 ` Chuck Burns
2011-05-04 1:20 ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-04 2:44 ` Fajar A. Nugraha
2011-05-04 9:51 ` Sander
2011-05-05 14:49 ` CACook
2011-05-05 18:09 ` CACook
2011-05-05 19:09 ` cwillu
2011-05-05 19:28 ` cwillu
2011-05-05 19:50 ` CACook
2011-05-05 19:55 ` Chris Mason
2011-05-05 20:32 ` CACook
2011-05-05 20:40 ` cwillu
2011-05-05 21:40 ` CACook
2011-05-05 21:48 ` cwillu
2011-05-05 22:33 ` CACook
2011-05-05 23:06 ` Miguel Garrido
2011-05-06 3:53 ` Helmut Hullen
2011-05-06 6:49 ` Sander
2011-05-05 20:31 ` cwillu
2011-05-05 20:57 ` CACook
2011-05-05 20:59 ` Lars Wirzenius
2011-05-05 21:48 ` CACook
2011-05-05 21:50 ` cwillu
2011-05-05 21:11 ` cwillu
2011-05-06 6:43 ` Sander
2011-05-06 6:33 ` Sander
2011-05-06 12:09 ` CACook
2011-05-06 12:20 ` Sander
2011-05-06 12:57 ` CACook
2011-05-06 13:21 ` Sander
2011-05-06 13:56 ` CACook [this message]
2011-05-06 14:17 ` Sander
2011-05-06 14:53 ` CACook
2011-05-06 14:58 ` Sander
2011-05-06 15:15 ` CACook
2011-05-06 17:09 ` CACook
2011-05-06 20:04 ` CACook
2011-05-06 20:16 ` Tomasz Torcz
2011-05-06 20:56 ` CACook
2011-05-06 21:23 ` Peter Stuge
2011-05-06 20:40 ` Sander
2011-05-06 20:51 ` Peter Stuge
2011-05-06 21:20 ` CACook
2011-05-06 21:28 ` Peter Stuge
2011-05-06 21:32 ` Hugo Mills
2011-05-06 22:17 ` David G Beausang
2011-05-07 1:51 ` C Anthony Risinger
2011-05-07 2:05 ` C Anthony Risinger
[not found] ` <201105062008.26159.CACook@quantum-sci.com>
2011-05-07 6:21 ` C Anthony Risinger
2011-05-07 7:03 ` Helmut Hullen
2011-05-06 13:30 ` Helmut Hullen
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