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Bug#585880: marked as done (linux-base: aptitude message: The names [..] may change.)

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and subject line Re: linux-base: aptitude message: The names [..] may change.
has caused the Debian Bug report #585880,
regarding linux-base: aptitude message: The names [..] may change.
to be marked as done.

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Package: linux-base
Version: 2.6.32-15
Severity: wishlist


The update warning says:

============
The new Linux kernel version provides different drivers for some PATA (IDE) controllers. The names of some hard disk, 
CD-ROM, and tape devices may change.                                                                                   
                                                                                             
It is now recommended to identify disk devices in configuration files by label or UUID (unique identifier) rather        
than by device name, which will work with both old and new kernel versions.                                              
                                                                                                                         
If you choose to not update the system configuration automatically, you must update device IDs yourself before the       
next system reboot or the system may become unbootable.                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
Update disk device IDs in system configuration?                                         
==============

It would be very important at this stage to give more information about the rename-thing.

ideas for Solution: 
a) a hint like "[..] the renaming scheme is /dev/hdX -> /dev/sdX" in the message
b) further information on http://rename...
c) see man (...)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages linux-base depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.32     Debian configuration management sy
ii  libapt-pkg-perl               0.1.24     Perl interface to libapt-pkg
ii  libuuid-perl                  0.02-3+b1  Perl extension for using UUID inte
ii  util-linux                    2.16.2-0   Miscellaneous system utilities

linux-base recommends no packages.

linux-base suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  linux-base/disk-id-manual-boot-loader:
  linux-base/disk-id-manual:
  linux-base/disk-id-convert-plan-no-relabel: true
  linux-base/disk-id-convert-plan: true
  linux-base/disk-id-convert-auto: true

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On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 18:36 +0200, Jonas Stein wrote:
> Package: linux-base
> Version: 2.6.32-15
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> The update warning says:
> 
> ============
> The new Linux kernel version provides different drivers for some PATA (IDE) controllers. The names of some hard disk, 
> CD-ROM, and tape devices may change.                                                                                   
>                                                                                              
> It is now recommended to identify disk devices in configuration files by label or UUID (unique identifier) rather        
> than by device name, which will work with both old and new kernel versions.                                              
>                                                                                                                          
> If you choose to not update the system configuration automatically, you must update device IDs yourself before the       
> next system reboot or the system may become unbootable.                                                                  
>                                                                                                                         
> Update disk device IDs in system configuration?                                         
> ==============
> 
> It would be very important at this stage to give more information about the rename-thing.
> 
> ideas for Solution: 
> a) a hint like "[..] the renaming scheme is /dev/hdX -> /dev/sdX" in the message

The whole point is that device names are not stable.  And whether the
device names actually change at all, depends on which drivers are used
on your system.

> b) further information on http://rename...

Further information is provided in the NEWS files for the image
metapackages built from linux-latest-2.6.  These should be presented
automatically.

> c) see man (...)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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