Installing gfs-tools drags in linux-image-2.6.15-23-server, even when linux-image-2.6.15-26-server is installed

[Michael R. Head]

burner@phoenix:~$ sudo apt-get install gfs-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.15-23-server
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.15 linux-source-2.6.15
Recommended packages:
  lilo
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gfs-tools linux-image-2.6.15-23-server
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 67.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
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OK, so it needs the server kernel, so when I select linux-server, linux-image-2.6.15-23-server still gets dragged in, even though linux-image-2.6.15-26-server superseeds it.

burner@phoenix:~$ sudo apt-get install gfs-tools linux-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.15-23-server linux-image-2.6.15-26-server linux-image-server
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.15 linux-source-2.6.15
Recommended packages:
  lilo
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gfs-tools linux-image-2.6.15-23-server linux-image-2.6.15-26-server
  linux-image-server linux-server
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 46.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 135MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

This is VERY strange...

Package: gfs-tools
Source: redhat-cluster-suite
Version: 1.20060222-0ubuntu6
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Fabio M. Di Nitto <email address hidden>
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), psmisc, rhcs-modules-4

as you can see gfs-tools does not depends on the kernel, but on rhcs-modules-4 that is Provided by kernel -server images and both -23- and -26- Provides: rhcs-modules-4.

I think it's only apt-get being confused because kernel -23 and -26 are two different packages and they are not seen by apt as one being the next version of the other.

I will still look into it, but i am pretty sure you are able to rekmove -23- safely

fabio

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

It looks like it's apt getting confused. Here's are two cases that I get on my dapper box:

burner@backdraft:~$ sudo apt-get install gfs-tools linux-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.15-23-server linux-image-2.6.15-27-server linux-image-server
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.15 linux-source-2.6.15
Recommended packages:
  lilo
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gfs-tools linux-image-2.6.15-23-server linux-image-2.6.15-27-server
  linux-image-server linux-server
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 46.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 135MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
burner@backdraft:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-server gfs-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.15-27-server linux-image-server
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.15 linux-source-2.6.15
Recommended packages:
  lilo
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gfs-tools linux-image-2.6.15-27-server linux-image-server linux-server
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 68.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

And on my edgy box:
burner@phoenix:~$ sudo apt-get install gfs-tools linux-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gfs2-tools linux-image-2.6.17-7-server linux-image-2.6.17-8-server
  linux-image-server
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.17 linux-source-2.6.17
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gfs-tools gfs2-tools linux-image-2.6.17-7-server linux-image-2.6.17-8-server
  linux-image-server linux-server
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 46.3MB of archives.
After unpacking 135MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ^P
burner@phoenix:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-server gfs-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gfs2-tools linux-image-2.6.17-8-server linux-image-server
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.17 linux-source-2.6.17
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gfs-tools gfs2-tools linux-image-2.6.17-8-server linux-image-server
  linux-server
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 68.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

As you can see, it depends on the order of arguments to "apt-get install".

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

And, BTW, indeed it is possible to remove the -23 package after it gets pulled in.

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. In an effort to keep an up-to-date list of bugs to work I have reviewed this report to verify it still requires a fix and it occurs on a supported version of Ubuntu.

It appears that the source package redhat-cluster-suite is in precise, however the binary package gfs-tools is not.

It is unfortunate that we were unable to resolve this defect, however there appears to be no further action possible at this time. I am therefore moving the bug to 'Won't Fix'. If you disagree or have additional details, please feel free to add a comment and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.