Re: Bug#564150: Is Debian on PowerPC dead? [Re: Bug still present [Re: Bug#562575: installation-reports: Buisnesscard PowerPC installer loops with Segmentation faults]]
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 00:17 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 13:17 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:
> >> On Jan 17, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Julian Hernandez Gomez wrote:
> >>
> >>> The only powerpc computer that I have (PS3) is the one that I'm
> >>> trying to install :(
> >
> > I think someone reported that there were images from last year which
> > worked -- I think at this stage installing by fair means or foul in
> > order to have a dev & test environment would be advantageous.
> >
> >>> maybe Rick had other machines previously installed and he could run
> >>> the cdebconf powerpc version.
> >
> >> I do have such machines, and I'd be happy to do that, but I'll need
> >> instructions, since I've never done it before.
> >
> > I think Julian has proved that it is cdebcof-get which is the issue.
> >
> > I'd recommend grabbing cdebconf from the d-i svn repo and building a
> > few
> > test versions at various points between 0.145 and 0.146. Just running
> > cdebconf-get from the built source tree may prove informative.
> >
> > Ian.
>
> Once again, I have the hardware and the will to do it, but I don't
> have the know-how.
I'm afraid I don't have the time to hand-hold you through the exact
steps. Please do a bit of googling etc and ask if you reach a road block
that you can't figure out.
Ian.
> If you are willing to walk me through the steps
> needed to implement the plan of:
>
> > ... grabbing cdebconf from the d-i svn repo and building a few
> > test versions at various points between 0.145 and 0.146. Just running
> > cdebconf-get from the built source tree...
>
> I'll be happy to help in the debugging.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rick
>
--
Ian Campbell
So little time, so little to do.
-- Oscar Levant
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