Bug#787827: Broken version comparison in kernel postinst hook (apt-auto-removal)
Package: apt
Version: 1.0.9.10
Severity: important
Firstly, the script is currently not stripping the architecture from
names of foreign kernel packages, so I get these error messages:
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal:
dpkg: error: version '3.16.0-4-amd64:amd64' has bad syntax: epoch in version is not number
dpkg: error: version '3.16.0-4-amd64:amd64' has bad syntax: epoch in version is not number
dpkg: error: version '3.2.0-4-amd64:amd64' has bad syntax: epoch in version is not number
dpkg: error: version '3.2.0-4-amd64:amd64' has bad syntax: epoch in version is not number
dpkg: error: version '4.0.0-1-amd64:amd64' has bad syntax: epoch in version is not number
dpkg: error: version '4.0.0-1-amd64:amd64' has bad syntax: epoch in version is not number
Secondly, version comparisons between kernel release strings should be
done using the linux-version command from linux-base, not dpkg. dpkg
does not know that e.g. 4.1-rc6 comes before 4.1.
Ben.
-- Package-specific info:
-- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) --
-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Foreign Architectures: amd64, ppc64el, powerpc
Kernel: Linux 4.0.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3
ii gnupg 1.4.19-3
ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.9.10
ii libc6 2.19-18
ii libgcc1 1:5.1.1-9
ii libstdc++6 5.1.1-9
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.11-1+b1
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.1
ii python-apt 0.9.4
ii synaptic 0.81.3
-- no debconf information
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