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Bug#368436: linux-image-2.6.16-1-xen-686: Package is missing fundamental files



Bastian Blank wrote:
severity 368436 normal
thanks

On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 10:29:49AM +0200, Clement Hermann (nodens) wrote:
Package: linux-image-2.6.16-1-xen-686
Version: 2.6.16-12
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Pardon, the package works.

Only if you can build an initramfs of some sort to boot your kernel.
Yaird needs a config.<version> file to build one.

Assuming there is a way to build an initramfs image with initramfs-tools (thanks goes to Maximilian for pointing this), I agree (and thus don't have any objection to the severity downgrade). However, The lack of config.version and System.map is a major problem, please don't overlook it.

I'm glad there is work in progress to integrate xen in the Debian kernels. However, the current -xen kernels are mostly unusable :
    - no System.map
    - no config.<version> (that means no initrd)
    - no (post|pre)(inst|rm) (this is not a real problem, at least, an informative message
    should warn the user about the lack of boot loader / initramfs automatic configuration, and point him
    to some doc)
- no doc (the doc should give a clue on how to configure grub, that is, load the hypervisor as a kernel and then kernel and initrd as "modules", or at least a link to xen-source.com)

This don't make the included files broken.

You're right. But the package is still broken :)

Anyway, the important thing is that these informations are now where people can find them, that is, in the BTS.

Regards,

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