Bug#705118: debian-installer: FTBFS on armhf: Unable to locate package nic-modules-3.2.0-4-mx5-di
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:34:03AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 01:47:28AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Sun, 2013-04-14 at 23:41 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Sorry to answer late, I only have been able to test it now.
> > > Unfortunately the vexpress image is now broken, due to this change:
> > >
> > > | * Replace nic-modules with nic-{usb,wireless}-modules in armhf netboot
> > > | images (Closes: #705118)
> > >
> > > nic-modules is still needed on vexpress as it provides the module for
> > > the on-board NIC.
> >
> > Since any system with external USB ports should be able to work with
> > arbitrary USB Ethernet controllers, I added nic-{usb,wireless}-modules
> > packages and removed the USB modules you originally specified in
> > nic-modules. In the case of mx5 this left nic-modules empty, and I
> > removed it, but for vexpress there was that one module left, smsc911x.
> >
> > Unfortunately I then removed nic-modules from the installer for *both*
> > flavours instead of just mx5.
> >
> > I just tried adding smsc91xx back into the current daily netboot initrd
> > and it seems to work in QEMU (up to the point where the installer finds
> > I didn't attach a disk).
>
> Yes, I have committed such a change, and I have been able to do a full
> installation that way. The daily image that will be generated in a few
> hours should have the fix, I will test it when available.
>
I have just done a test of the daily image from this morning, and the
installation was successful.
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