Joey Hess wrote: > Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > When adding the kernel/bootloader packages for mips/mipsel in > > debian-cd I found some probably arch-dependent packages were on > > this list unconditionally. The appended patch is my best guess > > about it, but I'm not sure about some issues: > > > > - Is discover actually needed for most arches? > > I don't know, but I guess the arches that it is included in the d-i > initrd for would be a good guess. (i386, m68k, powerpc, arm, ia64, > alpha, hppa, sparc) Well, that's what I guessed. > > - Is is ok to have bootloaders for i386 listed but not for others? > > I think that most bootloaders are pulled in by debootstrap, so appear on > tasks/base-sarge. lilo and grub are an exception as debootstrap installs > neither. Didn't this change recently (or was that only for cdebootstrap)? > > - Which architectures need pcmcia-cs? > > Duno. I seem to recall seeing a mips laptop with it once.. The workpad is not yet supported by a Debian kernel. :-) Thiemo
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