Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
* Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> [2013-01-02 19:37]:
> > > Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a
> > > good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage
> > > program is required in some situations.
>
> I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about
> each device, including a list of required packages. It will install
> those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation,
> so the real question is why it's not being installed.
I just received several bug reports about this issue and decided to
investigate.
The flash-kernel database files says:
# somewhat RFC2822 based, but case sensitive, not tolerant to spaces etc.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The flash-kernel-installer postinst is looking for Required-Packages,
but several devices use Required-packages (note the lower case
"packages").
The fix is a simple s/Required-packages/Required-Packages/, and we
have to apply it both to unstable and wheezy (as installations fail
without this fix).
diff --git a/README b/README
index 81b65d2..d1da527 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The supported fields are:
but for a DTB file. The DTB file named by DTB-Id will be copied
here; see also DTB-Id
-* Required-packages: (optional) list of packages which must be added
+* Required-Packages: (optional) list of packages which must be added
during installer phase for flash-kernel to work properly; failure to
add these packages aborts the installation
diff --git a/db/all.db b/db/all.db
index a4c4e84..9a7c655 100644
--- a/db/all.db
+++ b/db/all.db
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x00008000
U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0
Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo
Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: Buffalo Linkstation Mini
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x00008000
U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0
Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo
Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x00008000
U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0
Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo
Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: Buffalo/Revogear Kurobox Pro
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x00008000
U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0
Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo
Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: D-Link DNS-323
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Mtd-Kernel: Linux Kernel
Mtd-Initrd: File System
U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x00008000
U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x00800000
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: Freescale MX53 LOCO Board
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x70008000
U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0
Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage
Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/uInitrd
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: no
Machine: Genesi Efika Smartbook
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ U-Boot-Script-Name: bootscr.mx5
Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage
Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/uInitrd
Boot-Script-Path: /boot/boot.scr
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: Genesi EfikaMX nettop
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ U-Boot-Script-Name: bootscr.mx5
Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage
Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/uInitrd
Boot-Script-Path: /boot/boot.scr
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: GLAN Tank
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Method: multi
Kernel-Flavors: s3c24xx
U-Boot-Multi-Address: 0x30008000
Boot-Multi-Path: /boot/uImage.bin
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: HP Media Vault mv2120
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Boot-Multi-Path: /boot/uImage
# mv2120-utils includes some initramfs-tools scripts that are nice to have but
# which are not essential
Optional-Packages: mv2120-utils
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: HP t5325 Thin Client
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Kernel-Flavors: kirkwood
Machine-Id: 2846
U-Boot-Multi-Address: 0x01600000
Boot-Multi-Path: /boot/uImage
-Required-packages: u-boot-tools
+Required-Packages: u-boot-tools
Bootloader-sets-root: yes
Machine: LaCie 2Big Network v2
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Mtd-Initrd: Ramdisk
Optional-Packages: ixp4xx-firmware
# nslu2-utils will call update-initramfs -u to include the firmware and to run
# the hook from flash-kernel
-Required-packages: apex-nslu2 nslu2-utils
+Required-Packages: apex-nslu2 nslu2-utils
Bootloader-sets-root: no
Machine: Marvell DB-78x00-BP Development Board
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Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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