Re: status of d-i 2.4.27/2.6.8 kernel transition
On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 01:47:39PM +0200, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 13:34:57 +0200
> Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 06:25:58PM +0200, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> > > Now if d-i needs special work of mine to sync with kernel updates, I'd
> > > better be taught about it.
> >
> > Yes, you need to checkout d-i, and go into
> > debian-installer/packages/kernel/linux-kernel-di-hppa and make an upload
> > of this with the 2.4.27 kernels.
> >
> > The rest of the stuff includes some adaptation in 3 different places.
> > build/config is in debian-installer/installer/build/config/hppa.cfg or
> > somewhere in the hppa subdir of config. The base-installer is
> > debian-installer/packages/base-installer/debian/postinst, and rootskel i
> > am less familiar with but it is in debian-installer/packages/rootskel.
> >
> > What this means is probably that nobody has been doing hppa d-i work in
> > ages.
>
> Ok this tends to make things a bit clearer. I wasn't aware that there were
> such tasks to do with d-i, since I'm absolutely clueless about d-i, and
> not that interested in it either. I'll look at the files you suggested and
> see what can be done.
If you don't really want to do it yourself, go to #debian-devel on
irc.freenode.org, and get someone to help you do it or something such.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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