Re: powerpc status and missing 2.6.7 .udebs and .debs in sarge.

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 09:38:38AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As of today, all installs of the 2.6 powerpc d-i fail.
> 
>   netboot with sid .udebs and .debs
>   
>     => broken due to ppp/libpcap0.8 mess.
> 
>   netboot with sarge .udebs and .debs
> 
>     => broken because even if we install with 2.6.7 kernel,
>     there are no 2.6.7 module .udebs in sarge.
> 
>     Solution: please have the 2.6.7 module .udebs moved to sarge ASAP.
>     This doesn't break anything, since they don't replace anything that
>     was usefull for working in sarge.
> 
> In general, there seems to be a problem here, since using the sid .udebs
> to build the netboot initrd, but then not being able to use the sid
> .udebs of the archive together with the sarge .debs is a problem.
> 
> Also, i wonder why we don't move the sid .udebs to sarge, now that we
> have decided to forget about the sarge .udebs and go with sid_d-i for
> the next beta/tc/rc.
> 
>   netinst. This uses sid .udebs and sarge .deb.
> 
>     => broken because there are no 2.6 kernels .debs on the CD.
> 
> Mmm, i wonder, maybe the businesscard iso should be able to work, will
> try it out.

And businesscard failed because of some stupid kernel-image postinst
warning about overwriting the modules. I guess it may well be a bug of
RC status that kernel-package doesn't provide debconfified
pre/postinst/rm scripts.

Friendly,

Sven Luther