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Re: not releasing powerpc (Re: beta3 released)



Sven Luther wrote:
> > netinst CD images do not work for any powerpc subarch, because they
> > don't have usable kernels on them. Also, the kernel images have a broken
> > postinst that does not set up the /vmlinux symlink for yaboot. And
> 
> This is because kernel-package is utterly broken, and i had to severly
> hack into it. Like said, Manoj won't consider the special case presented
> by having separate modules and image in two .deb until after the sarge
> release, so i have to hack around this. Keeping the symlink creation
> thingy caused errors in the install, and d-i died horribly because of
> it, since kernel-package is not debconfified, and it cannot work around
> this minor brokeness.

When can I expect a fixed kernel-image package for powerpc? Please
upload with urgency=high so it goes into testing ASAP.

-- 
see shy jo

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