Re: powerpc kernel-patch 2.6.6-5 in incoming since over a month !!!
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 11:01:26PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > Well, only 2.4.25 packages, which is why we should make a test for non
> > 2.4 kernels or something such. 2.4 kernels don't have the the necessary
> > mkvmlinuz magic to make it work anyway.
>
> You can easily use mkvmlinuz on a 2.4 kernel and initrd with the magic
> from any of the 2.6 packages. BTDT.
Ok, but still, how would mkvmlinuz act if there were no vmlinux
installed, but only a vmlinuz ?
> > And how please do you want to make sure someone with a pegasos
> > machine, [...] will be able to boot its machine when he thought he
> > had installed the kernel-image package ?
>
> You tell me. After all, you have the hardware. Probably there should
> be a warning in the postint, just like there is a warning if you
No, a warning is unaceptable, it should just work.
> install an initrd kernel and don't configure the bootloader for it.
> Since the postinst comes from kernel-package, you need to sort this
> out with Manoj.
Well, that would be a possibility. The other possibility would be to
depend on mkvmlinuz, but to have it be automatically called only on the
subarches which needs it, this means doing a test for them in the
mkvmlinuz script. But seriously, is there a serious reason why this
would not be needed. Is installing mkvmlinuz such a problem, especially
if you have a subarch aware debconfified postinst ?
> > not knowing about a mkvmlinuz, [...] That would be a RC bug, making
> > the system unusable and all.
>
> If I had filed a grave bug every time I hosed one of my systems
> because I didn't know something, we'd be approaching #300000 now.
But debian would be a more stable and usable system by now too. I would
even say that it would be your duty as a maintainer to fill those bugs,
in order to spare the less advanced guy those same troubles. It should
just work out of the box, and if it does not, then it is a bug.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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