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Package: lilo-installer
Version: 1.51
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
(reported by "jim" on #debian-boot)
After choosing LILO rather than GRUB as the boot loader, lilo-installer fails
when invoking sfdisk.
Tested on /dev/vda and /dev/vda1.
A totally untested idea for a patch attached.
>From 227e1812e381be61b40330e372d62348a9e8dd75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 05:43:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reverse the order of arguments to sfdisk -A, add a space.
During a massive overhaul in util-linux 2.26, sfdisk -A accidentally changed
meaning to --append. This change was later reverted, but while doing so the
parsing and argument order have changed.
---
debian/postinst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 58ab0ce..f81f89b 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ if (echo "${bootdev}" | grep -v '/c[0-9]d[0-9]$' | grep -q '[0-9]$') \
if [ "${RET}" = "true" ]; then
pnum=$(echo ${bootdev} | sed 's/^.*\([0-9]\+\)$/\1/')
echo -n "I: Setting partition to active..." >&2
- sfdisk -A${pnum} ${disc_offered_devfs}
+ sfdisk --activate ${disc_offered_devfs} ${pnum}
echo "done." >&2
fi
fi
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ if [ "${raid_boot}" = no ] && (! fdisk -l "$disc_offered_devfs" | grep '^/dev/'
# /boot.
pnum="$(echo "$bootfs" | sed 's/^.*\([0-9]\+\)$/\1/')"
echo -n "I: Setting partition $bootfs to active..." >&2
- sfdisk -A"$pnum" "$disc_offered_devfs"
+ sfdisk --activate ${disc_offered_devfs} ${pnum}
echo "done." >&2
fi
fi
--
2.11.0
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: lilo-installer
Source-Version: 1.52
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lilo-installer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 855489@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (supplier of updated lilo-installer package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 06:59:34 +0100
Source: lilo-installer
Binary: lilo-installer
Architecture: source
Version: 1.52
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Description:
lilo-installer - Install LILO on a hard disk (udeb)
Closes: 855489
Changes:
lilo-installer (1.52) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Adam Borowski ]
* Reverse the order of arguments to sfdisk -A, and switch to --activate
for extra safety since util-linux upstream had -a/-A mixed up at some
point, and support for old syntax was dropped anyway (Closes: #855489).
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