Mainline Kernel since 4.16.4 has postinstall script error

[Heidi H0]

Hello,

I don't know who does the packaging for the Mainline Kernel(http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/), but it has been erroring out in packaging and also for the packages in x64/32 that have made it, there are post install script errors within the packaging which disallow installation of the kernel. Tested on Ubuntu 16.04.

Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.16.6-041606.
(Reading database ... 392264 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.16.6-041606_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.16.6-041606 (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic.
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic.
Preparing to unpack linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic.
Preparing to unpack linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.16.6-041606 (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic:
 linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic depends on libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0); however:
  Package libssl1.1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
Setting up linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic.postinst: 50: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic.postinst: linux-update-symlinks: not found
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic
 linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic

What's new in 4.16.6 is the libssl1.1 dependency, as it just errored out with a half installed kernel and that post-installation script error you see above. Please let whoever packages these kernels know that is't been dead stick post 4.16.3. Thanks.

HH

[Karl Schindler (k-schindler)]

same problem here with 16.4,5,6 16.3 installed fine

[Luis Marquez (prosercousa)]

same issue here

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Doug Smythies (dsmythies)]

Part of this bug report is a duplicate with bug 1766728, and I believe that was fixed as of a couple of hours ago. The other part of this bug report, about needing libssl1.1, isn't fixed, as far as I know.

[Russ Burghorn (alienwar)]

this same issue installing every kernel above v4.16.3 (which works) I was forced to reinstall ubuntu on restart during the v4.16.6 all was lost and unrecoverable.

[Pasi Tarhonen (pasi-tarhonen)]

This is fixed partly in the the bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766728 by updating Xenial package linux-base to include linux-update-symlinks binary. No fix for Trusty available so far, but the Xenial fix seems to working also with Trusty by updating linux-base to version 4.5.

Other error with libssl1.1 can be workaround at least by installing PPA ppa:ondrej/nginx-mainline. That package contains among the nginx binaries also newer version of OpenSSL package (that seems to be) required by linux-4.16.4 onwards.

I used both workarounds with my Trusty box and got linux-4.16.7 installed OK, so far so good...

[Heidi H0 (heidih0)]

Thanks for the heads up on the libssl issue. Much appreciated. It's just sad that this is where we are with the mainline kernel.
Take care.

HH

09.05.2018, 06:50, "Pasi Tarhonen" <email address hidden>:
> This is fixed partly in the the bug
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766728 by updating Xenial package
> linux-base to include linux-update-symlinks binary. No fix for Trusty
> available so far, but the Xenial fix seems to working also with Trusty
> by updating linux-base to version 4.5.
>
> Other error with libssl1.1 can be workaround at least by installing PPA
> ppa:ondrej/nginx-mainline. That package contains among the nginx
> binaries also newer version of OpenSSL package (that seems to be)
> required by linux-4.16.4 onwards.
>
> I used both workarounds with my Trusty box and got linux-4.16.7
> installed OK, so far so good...
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768121
>
> Title:
>   Mainline Kernel since 4.16.4 has postinstall script error
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   Hello,
>
>   I don't know who does the packaging for the Mainline
>   Kernel(http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/), but it has
>   been erroring out in packaging and also for the packages in x64/32
>   that have made it, there are post install script errors within the
>   packaging which disallow installation of the kernel. Tested on Ubuntu
>   16.04.
>
>   Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.16.6-041606.
>   (Reading database ... 392264 files and directories currently installed.)
>   Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.16.6-041606_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_all.deb ...
>   Unpacking linux-headers-4.16.6-041606 (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
>   Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic.
>   Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_amd64.deb ...
>   Unpacking linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
>   Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic.
>   Preparing to unpack linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_amd64.deb ...
>   Unpacking linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
>   Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic.
>   Preparing to unpack linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic_4.16.6-041606.201804300418_amd64.deb ...
>   Unpacking linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
>   Setting up linux-headers-4.16.6-041606 (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
>   dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic:
>    linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic depends on libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0); however:
>     Package libssl1.1 is not installed.
>
>   dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-4.16.6-041606-generic (--install):
>    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>   Setting up linux-modules-4.16.6-041606-generic (4.16.6-041606.201804300418) ...
>   Setting up linux-image-unsigned-4.16.6-041606-ge...

[kostas (kiprisliss)]

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