Bug#968803: debian-cd : please include base packages from 'unreleased' on debian-ports architectures
On 8/21/20 1:03 PM, jhcha54008 wrote:
> It seems that debian-cd doesn't consider packages from the 'unreleased'
> distribution (on debian-ports architectures) when running debootstrap.
> As a result, packages of priority 'required' or 'important' may be
> forgotten in the list of the base packages needed by debootstrap.
>
> The patch below runs debootstrap with option '--extra-suite=unreleased'.
>
> As advised in [1], it is made optional with a new environment variable
> 'DEBOOTSTRAP_USES_UNRELEASED'.
I have to admit I'm starting to become a bit to wonder why you are trying to
push the use of the "unreleased" distribution.
It's by far not a pressing problem since it affects only a tiny fraction of
packages and those are only cases of workarounds anyway. "unreleased" is
a hack and porters should try to avoid it and get their fixes upstreamed.
I don't think we should further encourage the use of workarounds.
A much more pressing problem is getting support for "contrib" and "non-free"
in Debian Ports so that users have access to firmware during installation.
Furthermore, we really need to switch Debian Ports from Mini-DAK to a proper
DAK instance so that don't run into problems with the lack of cruft in
Debian Ports anymore [1].
Furthermore pressing tasks are:
- update the hfsprogs package and create a udeb for d-i
- update grub-installer and partman-auto to use the hfsprogs udeb on PowerMacs
- create a udeb of the libunwind package required for ia64
- re-introduce old xorg drivers needed for PowerMacs (mach64, r128 etc)
- finish the OpenJDK Zero port to hppa (we are still missing Java on hppa)
- fix GHC on sh4
- add support for HFS (not HFS+) to libburnia so we can get rid of cdrkit
- ...
Adrian
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2017/12/msg00060.html
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