Re: powerpc 2.6.10-2 currently in NEW, available on p.d.o
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 08:05:55PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 07:33:04PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Hi Sven
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 11:55:09AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I just uploaded the powerpc kernels 2.6.10-2 on :
> > >
> > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.6.10-2/
> > >
> > > Since they are currently held hostage in NEW again :).
> > >
> > > Anyway, everyone can get those and try them out. One particularity i want you
> > > to test is the /etc/kernel/postinst.d/* scripts included in this package.
> >
> > [ ... ]
> >
> > I installed it on a Titanium IV, 867 Mhz, and so far, nothing special:
>
[ ... ]
>
> > selection I cannot uninstall mkvmlinuz without uninstalling the new
> > 2.6.10 altogether.
>
> And how bad is that :
>
> dpkg -L mkvmlinuz
> /.
> /etc
> /etc/mkvmlinuz
> /etc/mkvmlinuz/output
> /usr
> /usr/sbin
> /usr/sbin/mkvmlinuz
> /usr/share
> /usr/share/man
> /usr/share/man/man8
> /usr/share/man/man8/mkvmlinuz.8.gz
> /usr/share/doc
> /usr/share/doc/mkvmlinuz
> /usr/share/doc/mkvmlinuz/copyright
> /usr/share/doc/mkvmlinuz/changelog.gz
>
> mkvmlinuz just contains a lousy script and its manpage, assuredly it cannot
> hurt you.
Good .. :)
> If we go forward with this, i will probably change this dependency
> by : mkvmlinuz | yaboot | quik | powerpc-bootloader, where powerpc-bootloader
> is a virtual package provided by the aboves, this should install mkvmlinuz by
> default, but still allow you to use yaboot or quik. Well, i think so. Mmm,
> after more thinking i am not so sure about this anymore.
>
> But seriously, why would you want to remove mkvmlinuz ? it uses just 32K of
> installed size, and contrary to quik or yaboot, it does nothing per
> se.
[ ... ]
"it does nothing per se": Thanks for letting me know: I wasn't sure
about that, so if it won't complicate my life with future kernels,
that will be booted with yaboot only, I won't care about these few KB
occupied by mkvmlinuz ... :)
Note:
Even k3b (or is it better to say, cdrecord?) seems to work on
2.6.10. There were rumours it didn't on 2.6.8 ... But I'm not sure
whether the problem actually was the kernel or the person, here,
between the keyboard and the screen ... :)
And yes: /var/log/boot is created again. Good. IINM it wasn't written
here on 2.6.8.
Thanks to all responsible for the new situation.
Best Regards
Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Pfeiffer
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