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Bug#1033921: debian-installer: Weekly build of d-i fails to find ipw2x00 firmware package



Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> (2023-04-06):
> A difference between the two relevant sections in check-missing-firmware is
> that install_firmware_pkg() is executed in a pipeline when a
> Contents-firmware file is present, and not when it is not present. I do not
> know enough about debconf to figure out how the pipeline may interfere with
> it. Maybe something to do with standard input and output ?

Very useful information, thanks.

And yes, something related to pipes and possibly some missing passthrough
setting was my wild guess (as rubberducked on IRC), so that seems plausible.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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