Bug#395259: nobootloader: [powerpc/pegasos] bad sed invocation breaks devfs style paths (division by zero)

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

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 09:32:27AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 03:25:33AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 23:12, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > It seems that nobootloader uses still devfs paths for some reason. The
> > > following line :
> > 
> > That is not so strange as that line is using the exact same variable 
> > $bootfs_devfs as its base that the old code did...
> > 
> > Should it be using something different instead? What is the value of 
> > $bootfs_disk_syspath and $bootfs_disk if you run the code with 'set -x'?
> > 
> > For now I've added a comment that that should probably be changed at some 
> > point.
> > 
> > (To be very honest, I don't see the point of the code added in 1.10 at all 
> > as the devfs path is still used as the base for the whole piece of code; 
> > I guess it is in preparation of a further future transition.)
> 
> Don't be misled by the variable name. It's called $bootfs_devfs because
> it's the path before calling mapdevfs; if you aren't using devfs paths
> then $bootfs_devfs and $bootfs are identical. What $bootfs_devfs really
> means is "the version of this path that can be used within d-i".
> 
> I've just committed an IMHO better fix which will work for both devfs
> and non-devfs paths. Sven, thanks for the report.

Hehe, i suppose i will now need to build and test your new version, or will
you be able to test it on your pegasos machine ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther