On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 10:49:56PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 12:06 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Linux kernel packages for "squeeze" will use libata-based drivers in > > preference to old-style IDE drivers. On some systems this will change > > the names of PATA devices and will also change the names of SCSI devices > > already present in those systems if they are enumerated after the PATA > > devices. > > On upgrade, we will recommend that users identify hard disk volumes in > > configuration files by label or UUID (unique identifier) rather than by > > device name, which will work with both old and new kernel versions. I > > think that in most cases it should be possible to update the system > > configuration automatically, if the user agrees to this. The following > > script implements this. Please review and verify that it does the right > > thing for your package's configuration file(s). (I would also welcome a > > more general review of the code.) > I have not yet seen any comments from maintainers of the various boot > loaders. It is vital that this upgrade process is reliable and does not > prevent systems from booting, so please do review the code for your boot > loader. Well, aboot is effectively unmaintained, along with the port as a whole, since I no longer have an alpha that boots (and I don't think doing test builds on a buildd is adequate for uploading a bootloader with a different toolchain, so I haven't officially orphaned the package). If you care about getting feedback for alpha, I'd suggest mailing debian-alpha@lists.debian.org. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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