Re: Error Encountered when updating

[Philip Rowlands]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, address@hidden wrote:

> FYI
> The following error was encountered when doing an update:
>
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.15-29-386 (2.6.15-29.60) ...
> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions: line 82: [: too many arguments
> basename: extra operand `2007'
> Try `basename --help' for more information.
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.15-29-386 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

The error message you're seeing from basename simply states that it has 
been called incorrectly. I'd suggest reporting the problem to whoever 
provided your Linux distro, or the maintainer of the "linux-image" 
package therein.

This is not a bug in basename.


Cheers,
Phil