Bug#265915: Should exclude .dpkg-* from kernel list

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 10:45:54AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.95+cvs20040624-7
> Severity: normal
> 
> I just saw this happen, when upgrading a kernel-image package to a new
> version:
> 
> Unpacking replacement kernel-image-2.6.7-1-386 ...
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst .
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-1-386
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-1-386.dpkg-tmp
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
> 
> The .dpkg-tmp file is a temporary dpkg file which existed only during the
> upgrade.  I suggest excluding .dpkg-* (at least) from the list.

The package that appear to be failing is kernel-image-foo.  What does its
postinst do?

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Robert Millan

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