- # 081015: deactivated because it seems to be unnecessary for
- # stable release maintenance - keep the code for now
- # if we re-notice any problems
- #
- # FAI softupdate executes upgrade only with the sources.list being
- # present in the chroot :-/ - so let's do it on our own:
-# if [ -r /etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list ] ; then
-# if [ -L $target/etc/apt/sources.list ] ; then
-# rm $target/etc/apt/sources.list
-# fi
-# cp /etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list $target/etc/apt/sources.list
-# fi
-
- # run it on our own, as updatebase is used at the wrong stage for our needs,
- # see /etc/grml/fai/config/hooks/updatebase.GRMLBASE
- $ROOTCMD apt-get update
- if ! [ -x $target/usr/bin/aptitude ] ; then
+ # work around a bug which causes openvz to freeze when grub-probe is invoked
+ if ! $ROOTCMD dpkg-divert --list | grep -q '/usr/sbin/grub-probe' ; then
+ echo "Diverting grub-probe executable"
+ $ROOTCMD dpkg-divert --rename --add /usr/sbin/grub-probe
+ $ROOTCMD ln -s /bin/true /usr/sbin/grub-probe
+ fi
+
+ # newer aptitude versions won't remove essential packages using
+ # 'aptitude -f -y install file-rc' anymore, therefore force it:
+ $ROOTCMD aptitude -o Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Keep-All-Tier=60000 -f -y install file-rc
+
+ if ! $ROOTCMD test -x /usr/bin/aptitude ; then