Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (2019-03-07): > On Thu, 2019-03-07 at 14:39 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > [...] > > > * Rebuild the debian-installer images, pulling in updates from > > > stretch-updates, leaving only armhf netboot targets broken. > > > > Expanding a bit: rebuilding src:debian-installer from the stretch > > branch, which has s-p-u enabled, would fetch the fixed kernel and a > > couple of its udebs, at build time; the resulting netboot images > > wouldn't know about s-p-u though at run time, and would try to load > > udebs from stretch. > [...] > > Why is that a problem? The only change made in 4.9.144-3.1 is in the > kernel image, and the module udebs don't have versioned dependencies. I had planned to clarify in this mail thread the limitations I was mentioning in my early replies on IRC. I don't think I've said this specific combination of kernel and udebs can't work. I hope people knowledgeable about kernel and arm* stuff can figure out both what theory (source code/packaging) and reality (tests on actual HW) look like. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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