boot-floppies_3.0.19_mipsel.changes INSTALLED
Installing:
bf-archive-install_3.0.19_mipsel.sh byhand
bf-common_3.0.19_mipsel.tar.gz byhand
bf-doc_3.0.19_mipsel.tar.gz byhand
bf-r3k-kn02_3.0.19_mipsel.tar.gz byhand
bf-r4k-kn04_3.0.19_mipsel.tar.gz byhand
install-doc_3.0.19_mipsel.deb
to pool/main/b/boot-floppies/install-doc_3.0.19_mipsel.deb
tftpimage-r3k-kn02.gz byhand
tftpimage-r4k-kn04.gz byhand
Changes: boot-floppies (3.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
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* really notable changes:
- reiserfs and udma100-ext3 flavors have been replaced with the new bf2.4
flavor (using kernel 2.4.17)
- support for "new-powermac" architecture
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* bugs closed by using new stuff from the archive;
closes: #127524
* Matt Kraai
- tell pcmcia to use dhclient, closes: #125683
- install the MBR on the first available IDE disk, closes: #119825
- configure pcmcia interface properly, closes: #118997
* Phil Blundell
- fix for documentation display of non-English dbootstrap msgs
- avoid comic situation at reboot time where the user is prompted
to take the CD out of the drive, but the drawer is still locked
- reformat French release notes for display (other languages still
need checking), closes: #125646
- check that LINGUA is set to C when LC is enabled, closes: #126035
- enable Japanese on arm
- try mounting floppy images with type "auto" first, closes: #94435
- add support for new arm subarch "lart"; reorganise arm build a bit
- enable LC on alpha
- remove Greek keymap (it breaks the build with recent console-data)
- correct LANGUAGE bogosity in dbootstrap_settings, closes: #127413
* Adam Di Carlo
- enable i18n for i386's reiserfs flavor, which was indicated as
enabled before but really wasn't
- reboot using the 'reboot' command rather than signalling PID 1,
closes: #119834
- require whiptail >= 0.50.17-9, closes: #125999
- require debootstrap >= 0.1.16
* Colin Walters
- support for "new-powermac" architecture. closes: #126489, #127955, #131409
- Yaboot can now boot from XFS and ext3, so allow the user to make
/boot with these filesystem types
- kill any DHCP daemon running if the user chooses static networking,
closes: #126205
- minor rescue.sh cleanups, fixes
- Add EXTRACT_LIST_powerpc_newpmac and SMALL_BASE_LIST_powerpc_newpmac
- fix rootdisk.sh to install yabootwrapper for newpmac too
* Eduard Bloch
- when mounting DOS partitions, use vfat instead of msdos where possible,
closes: #123973
- added tune2fs to the extract list, maybe needed for ext3 conversion
- enable i18n for i386's udma100-ext3 flavor, was a typo in
rootdisk.sh
- German translation updates
- additional check to make sure that ext3 is supported before choosing it
- Adapted messages for choose-target dialogs when making a problem report
- bf2.4 integration: README, new rules in i386.rules
- mkreiserfs in all flavors. Since we do have the space, the user should
be used to replace the kernel and use reiserfs with any flavor
- preliminary dbootstrap support for locales preinstallation
- made a workaround to store the list of loaded modules in /etc/modules
- updated libc version in rootdisk.sh to 2.2.5
- dropped non-C message files from modconfs tarball (never used)
* John H. Robinson, IV
- when mounting partitions of type 82, test the actual filesystem type
- trouble report log now gzipped
- added ``livecd'' kernel and base system installation method
- re-worked ``mounted'' kernel and base system installation method
- Closes: #108477, #123926, #127521
* Chris Tillman: documentation updates
- revise BootX instructions for OldWorld Mac booting
- add basedebs.tgz instructions, installation options
- add link to MakeDebianFloppy AppleScript utility
- PPP is not available until after base installation Closes: #127550
- add powerpc to list of arches requiring 16M in main.c
- fix minor build stop error, release.sh
- Spelling, dangling prepositions in README-Users.m4 (no changes
in meaning)
- Change example of proprietary hardware (Closes: #129837)
- add comments to pmac yaboot.conf (2 versions)
- delete half-line from end of release notes, Closes: #127583
* Guido Günther
- use kernel 2.4.16 on mips
- mips uses an uncompressed kernel called vmlinux
* Junichi Uekawa
- Japanese dbootstrap message updates
- Japanese doc-check fixes
- update release_notes in rootdisk/messages/ja/
- change .cvsignore in utilities/dbootstrap/langs/ which contained
*.xml, because that would ignore the necessary file "langs.xml"
* André Luís Lopes: Portuguese updates
- Removed two obsolete messages
- Bring translation up-to-date with original english
- Fix a fuzzy message.
* Claus Hindsgaul: Danish updates
* Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS: Esperanto updates
* David Martínez: Spanish updates
* David Hilvert
- fix disk type, closes: #127370
* Jordi Mallach:
- Catalan updates
- documentation fixes
- Catalan documentation updates from Antoni Bella
- Catalan translation of dselect-beginner from Antoni Bella
* Marcin Owsiany
- Polish updates (pl.po)
- doc-check: warn instead of dying onn missing files
* Daniel Kobras: more hints on booting mips via TFTP, Closes: #127436
* Michael Sobolev
- adapt language specification build process for the new python2.1-xml
0.7-1 or better; closes: #127405
* Richard Hirst
- hppa: use uname() to determine subarch and modify default kernel and
drivers path. Closes: #128237
- hppa: "new-powermac" changes stopped it compressing the kernel in
rescue.bin; fixed.
- ia64 now uses 2.4.17 kernel
* Stefan Gybas
- require debootstrap >= 0.1.16.1 (fixed intctl patch, s390 fixes)
- require busybox >= 0.60.2-3.1 (contains pidof)
- s390 now uses kernel 2.4.16 and glibc 2.2.5
- s390: use wc from busybox again
- s390: fix interactive CTC setup. Closes: #129940
- s390: remove /usr/lib/debootstrap/devices.tag.gz from initrd so that
devfs will be mounted in /target
- s390: new directory structure: one directory for VM reader and one
for (emulated) tape installations
- s390: create /etc/zipl.conf and /boot/parmfile
- various other small s390 fixes
* Kirk Hilliard
- fix typo in README-Users.m4. Closes: #129470
* Andre Luis Lopes: Portuguese updates
* Karsten Merker
- "new-powermac" changes broke ECOFF kernel handling in kernel.sh
for mipsel and hppa; fixed
- added DELO (DECstation bootloader) support in bootconfig.c
- added mipsel section in the Maintainers file
- added support for conversion of kernel images from ELF to ECOFF
on mipsel; kernel-package 7.79 and newer delivers only ELF
- mipsel documentation updates in hardware.sgml and
inst-methods.sgml
- mipsel now uses kernel 2.4.17 and libc6 2.2.5
- fixed documentation build problem for non-i386 platforms in
hardware.sgml
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* Christian Mock:
- Check for bootargs.console being NULL in utilities/dbootstrap/baseconfig.c.
* David Kimdon
- Build-depend on bogl-bterm, locales, libpng2-dev on archs that
do language chooser (Closes: #129037)
- don't call strcmp on NULL pointer in select_not_mounted.c
- on net install of drivers and kernel put files in proper
directory (closes: #131121)
- updates to release notes
- doc, build updates for bf2.4
- try to find a debian cdrom to optimize prompting (closes: #123948)
- when selecting the 'unmounted partition' install method don't unmount
the partition before we can do anything useful with it.
* Michael Tiedtke
- handle LILO installation location response correctly, closes: #120386
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