Bug#543615: circular dependency between grub2 and grub-pc preventing each from installing
Marc J. Driftmeyer
mjd at reanimality.com
Wed Aug 26 05:59:21 UTC 2009
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090825-1
Severity: normal
mdriftmeyer at horus:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg -i grub-pc_1.96+20090825-1_amd64.deb grub2_1.96+20090825-1_amd64.deb grub-common_1.96+20090825-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 1004469 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub-pc 1.96+20090825-1 (using grub-pc_1.96+20090825-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-pc ...
Preparing to replace grub2 1.96+20090825-1 (using grub2_1.96+20090825-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub2 ...
Preparing to replace grub-common 1.96+20090825-1 (using grub-common_1.96+20090825-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-common ...
Setting up grub-common (1.96+20090825-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub-pc (1.96+20090825-1) ...
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub2:
grub2 depends on grub-pc; however:
Package grub-pc is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing grub2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
grub-pc
grub2
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 /export/osx-share ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/hda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output.gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
set color_normal=black/black
set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=UUID=a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=UUID=a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=UUID=a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=UUID=a6be0cac-8d82-4d21-bd66-bddb1da62d29 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/11_osx ###
menuentry "OS X 10.5" {
multiboot (hd0,1)/boot/boot_v8
module (hd0,1)/boot/grub/hfsplus.mod
}
### END /etc/grub.d/11_osx ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy
ii grub-common 1.96+20090825-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii ucf 3.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv
grub-pc recommends no packages.
Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii desktop-base 5.0.5 common files for the Debian Deskto
ii genisoimage 9:1.1.9-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
-- debconf information:
* grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
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