Bug#288452: closed by Holger Levsen <debian@layer-acht.org> (prep method is now there, as 301668 documents this (and another prep-breakage in partman but still))

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

On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 04:07:59PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 		
> On Sunday 09 July 2006 09:02, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > #301668 documents that creating a prep partition still doesnt fully work
> > > (actually this needs to be checked if that bug is still open... oh well),
> > > but this certainly means that this bug, #288452, can be closed.
> > Please wait for a positive installation report on prep before closing those
> > bugs. This has been open since january or so, and there is no evidence that
> > the bug is actually closed, and no real work done on this front since then.
> 
> It has been open since januar last year! Actually, as I wrote, I left one bug 
> open (301668) but this bug (288452) I closed, because a.) 301668 to me 
> indicated that 288452 was closed and b.) there was no indication of black 
> magic (or anything) in 288452.  (And c.) we have enough bugs open, which seem 
> to just be open because we have so many duplicates that nobody cares to close 
> them.)
> 
> But I will do as you want and keep it open. No problem at all! :)
> 
> Do you think merging 301668 and 288452 is a good idea?

Yes, merging is the way to go in those cases.

> > Furthermore, there is some black magic going on with this bug, so things
> > are more subtle than than what your simple comment above shows.
> 
> Then please add those indications of black magic to the bug report...

Is this not enough ? I don't really know more, apart that it doesn't work
while for all appareances it should.

Friendly,

Sven Luther