[Bug 802985] Re: [lucid] /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 399: arithmetic expression: expecting EOF: "3.0-0-generic"

[Colin Watson]

While we could SRU this, it won't be much use until we fix debootstrap
to be able to handle fetching packages from multiple suites (i.e. lucid
+ lucid-updates).  Until then, perhaps an LD_PRELOAD wrapper to lie
about uname() might be a workaround ...

** Also affects: debootstrap (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: debootstrap (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: debootstrap (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  [lucid] /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 399: arithmetic expression:
  expecting EOF: "3.0-0-generic"

Status in “debootstrap” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Creating 'lucid' chroot is not possible under oneiric due to code
  which check for kernel version and bails out when 3.0 kernel is used
  on host machine:

  15:19 hrw at puchatek:chroots$ sudo chroot /home/hrw/HDD/devel/chroots/lucid-clean dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/arch
  ives/libc6_2.11.1-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb
  (Reading database ... 344 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.11.1-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb) ...
  [: 399: Illegal number: 3.0-0-generic
  /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 399: arithmetic expression: expecting EOF: "3.0-0-generic"
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.1-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb (--install):
   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.1-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb

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