kernel missing after apt-get dist-upgrade

[Panu Matilainen]

On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 00:20, Antti wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 00:16, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 23:13, Antti wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 22:54, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 20:44, Antti wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 19:32, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Antti wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I've got a big problem with apt. When I try to dist-upgrade to fc2t1,
> > > > > > > apt tries to remove all my kernels and doesn't try to install a new one
> > > > > > > (2.6*). Ofcourse I could apt-get install kernel#2.6* after dist-upgrade
> > > > > > > but I don't dare to do it. Does anyone have a solution for this?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I guess something in FC2-test has "Conflicts: kernel < 2.6" thus causing 
> > > > > > it to be removed. I'd suggest installing the new 2.6 kernel *before*
> > > > > > dist-upgrade.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	- Panu -
> > > > > 
> > > > > ok, I installed kernel before I tried dist-upgrade. It suggests to
> > > > > remove ALL my kernels, no matter what version. Is it possible to install
> > > > > kernel after that dist-upgrade although I don't have any kernels
> > > > > installed at that point. I don't have any kernels at that point but then
> > > > > I'm running this old 2.4.
> > > > 
> > > > I can't reproduce that.. running FC1 + bits from fedora.us and
> > > > dist-upgrade to FC2-test (actually current devel tree) isn't wanting to
> > > > remove any kernels, everything seems perfectly normal actually.
> > > > 
> > > > Going to need more details to have a chance to even guess what's going
> > > > on - is it vanilla FC1 (kernel) you're running or something else?
> > > > Running dist-upgrade with "-o debug::pkgproblemresolver=1" ought to
> > > > explain what's going on.
> > > > 
> > > > 	- Panu -
> > > 
> > > Ok, I get alot of this stuff:
> > > 
> > > Package vconfig has broken dep on kernel
> > >   Considering kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 0 as a solution to vconfig 2
> > >   Added kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 to the remove list
> > >   Considering kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 0 as a solution to vconfig 2
> > >   Added kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 to the remove list
> > >   Considering kernel#2.6.3-2.1.253 0 as a solution to vconfig 2
> > >   Added kernel#2.6.3-2.1.253 to the remove list
> > >   Considering kernel#2.6.3-2.1.253 0 as a solution to vconfig 2
> > >   Added kernel#2.6.3-2.1.253 to the remove list
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Continues...
> > > 
> > > Added kernel-smp#2.6.1-1.65 to the remove list
> > >   Considering kernel#2.6.1-1.65 2 as a solution to vconfig 2
> > >     Reinst Failed because of kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253
> > >   Removing vconfig rather than change kernel
> > > Investigating nautilus-media
> > > Package nautilus-media has broken dep on libnautilus.so.2
> > >   Considering nautilus 300 as a solution to nautilus-media 2
> > >     Reinst Failed because of nautilus
> > >   Removing nautilus-media rather than change libnautilus.so.2
> > > Investigating rp-pppoe
> > > Package rp-pppoe has broken dep on kernel
> > >   Considering kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 0 as a solution to rp-pppoe 2
> > >   Added kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 to the remove list
> > >   Considering kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 0 as a solution to rp-pppoe 2
> > >   Added kernel-smp#2.6.3-2.1.253 to the remove list
> > >   Considering kernel#2.6.3-2.1.253 0 as a solution to rp-pppoe 2
> > >   Added kernel#2.6.3-2.1.253 to the remove list
> > > 
> > > And so on...
> > 
> > Uhhuh.. that's *totally* screwy :-/ Which version of apt is this?
> > Oh and what repository are you upgrading from?
> > 
> > > 
> > > This is the native fedora kernel since I just did a clean install to
> > > fc1. I did though run a apt-get upgrade from the fc1 updates. Should I
> > > need to run upgrade from the fc2t1 repo?
> > 
> > Nope, not necessary and nothing to do with this.
> > 
> > 	- Panu -
> apt is 
> # rpm -qa apt
> apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr
> 
> I'm using the main fedora.us repo.

Ok that *should* be an ok combination, I don't think the upgrade
algorithm of apt has changed at all since that  and fedora.us repo +
mirrors are known to be correctly generated. Color me mystified...
Please dump the whole output of the debug-run to me privately, I'll try
to see whats up.

	- Panu -