On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 09:40:30AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > Don't skip the first part. > If you want a separated bug report for each thing, okay. I want to know what you're actually trying to do, so I can be sure not to break that when I try to fix whatever you've inadvertantly broken. > > In particular, > > * require newer makedev, fixes build problems on m86k and arm > > * added additional devices to the device list, especially input and usb > > needed for modern device drivers (Joysticks, USB, Scanners) > > breaks basedebs building, and I have no way of telling exactly what the > > problem was you're trying to solve. > Which problem? A base system comes out-of-the box without any device > files for the "input"-style drivers. Is this wise, Look, I don't care about the arguments -- that's for the people who're spending their time working on boot-floppies to grok. I just want to know what they actually *are*. In particular, the new MAKEDEV dependency stopped the binary-basedebs target from working on potato systems, which includes ftp-master, which happens to be where I build basedebs tarballs. I happened to be able to work out how to avoid building the devices tarball at all, in this case, avoiding the issue. But the point is: if you're make an NMU, make sure the problem you're trying to solve is in the BTS. > > Also, base is _not_ up for random additions. > > * added pppoeconf to the packages list, better choice for DSL users > As said. There was a good chance to ask and stop the package. And I would've had you bothered to file a bug about this so I could actually tell why you were trying to do something and evaluate if it's worthwhile. But you didn't, so I couldn't. NMUs are great, but for them to work, you need to go out of your way to make sure the maintainer's in the loop. -boot put back in the cc's, because I suspect other boot-floppies hackers will want to NMU debootstrap in the future too. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> We came. We Saw. We Conferenced. http://linux.conf.au/ ``Debian: giving you the power to shoot yourself in each toe individually.'' -- with kudos to Greg Lehey
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