update-binfmt fails: file not found

[dn]

Binary package hint: llvm-2.8

The bug:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure llvm-2.8-runtime
update-binfmts: warning: unable to open /usr/share/binfmts/llvm.binfmt: No such file or directory
update-binfmts: warning: couldn't find information about 'llvm.binfmt' to import
update-binfmts: exiting due to previous errors

$ ls /usr/share/binfmts/
llvm-2.8.binfmt python2.6

The fix:

So, either 1. llvm-2.8.binfmt should be renamed back to llvm.binfmt (which would conflict with llvm-2.7-runtime? but what happens if both llvm-2.7.binfmt and llvm-2.8.binfmt are registered anyway?); 2. there should be an update-alternatives symlink installed to llvm.binfmt; or 3. the postinst script needs to be updated to refer to llvm-2.8.binfmt.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: llvm-2.8-runtime (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 10 16:17:59 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: llvm-2.8

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

This is fixed in Debian (http://bugs.debian.org/622672); see bug 802764 for the Ubuntu sync request.