Re: Bug#564150: Is Debian on PowerPC dead? [Re: Bug still present [Re: Bug#562575: installation-reports: Buisnesscard PowerPC installer loops with Segmentation faults]]
Hi,
More hints:
* D-I 20091223-00:00 doesn't have this problem (but has other bugs related to dhcp and then the install fails also)
* D-I 20091224-00:00 is the first image to introduce the bug. I'm attaching the udeb list diff for those builds.
* Problem seems to be related to the changes made to cdebconf 0.146 (debconf-get segfault)
Best regards.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 1:35 AM, Rick Thomas
<rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:00 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 16:23 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:
This bug is still present in the "Thu Jan 14 16:08:46 UTC 2010"
businesscard CD downloaded from
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/
So far as I can tell, this bug has not been looked at by the debian-
installer folks.
Is PowerPC simply so unimportant that resources cannot be spared to
even *look* at a problem that renders the installer unusable on that
hardware?
It means there hasn't been a volunteer so far. Are you volunteering?
Yes. I'm volunteering to help anyone who knows the structure of the installer disks better than I do.
I have hardware I can test things on. I have a good general knowledge of Unix and Linux. I can perform experiments and report on the results.
As far as diagnosing the problem: It looks like a necessary library is missing, but I don't have the background knowledge to figure out which one, and I don't have the knowledge of the installer disk build processes to figure out how it's getting missed, even if I knew which one it was.
As it stands, unless somebody knowledgeable can help me track this down, Squeeze will not be available for PowerPC.
That will be too bad.
Rick
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--- udeb20091223.list 2010-01-12 22:08:52.000000000 +0800
+++ udeb20091224.list 2010-01-12 22:09:25.000000000 +0800
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
bogl-bterm-udeb 0.1.18-3 powerpc
brltty-udeb 4.1-3 powerpc
busybox-udeb 1:1.14.2-2 powerpc
-cdebconf-newt-terminal 0.5 powerpc
-cdebconf-newt-udeb 0.145+b1 powerpc
-cdebconf-priority 0.145 all
-cdebconf-text-udeb 0.145+b1 powerpc
-cdebconf-udeb 0.145+b1 powerpc
+cdebconf-newt-terminal 0.6 powerpc
+cdebconf-newt-udeb 0.146 powerpc
+cdebconf-priority 0.146 all
+cdebconf-text-udeb 0.146 powerpc
+cdebconf-udeb 0.146 powerpc
cdrom-checker 1.16 powerpc
cdrom-core-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc-di 1.60 powerpc
cdrom-core-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc64-di 1.60 powerpc
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
core-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc64-di 1.60 powerpc
debian-archive-keyring-udeb 2009.01.31 all
dhcp3-client-udeb 3.1.3-1 powerpc
-di-utils 1.72 powerpc
-di-utils-reboot 1.72 all
-di-utils-shell 1.72 all
-di-utils-terminfo 1.72 powerpc
+di-utils 1.73 powerpc
+di-utils-reboot 1.73 all
+di-utils-shell 1.73 all
+di-utils-terminfo 1.73 powerpc
download-installer 1.24 all
eject-udeb 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-7 powerpc
env-preseed 1.43 all
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
kernel-image-2.6.30-2-powerpc-di 1.60 powerpc
kernel-image-2.6.30-2-powerpc64-di 1.60 powerpc
libblkid1-udeb 2.16.2-0 powerpc
-libdebconfclient0-udeb 0.145+b1 powerpc
+libdebconfclient0-udeb 0.146 powerpc
libdebian-installer4-udeb 0.69 powerpc
-libfribidi0-udeb 0.10.9-1 powerpc
+libfribidi0-udeb 0.10.9-1+b1 powerpc
libiw30-udeb 30~pre9-3 powerpc
libnss-dns-udeb 2.10.2-2 powerpc
libsysfs2-udeb 2.1.0-6 powerpc
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@
libuuid1-udeb 2.16.2-0 powerpc
load-cdrom 1.19 all
load-iso 1.28 all
-localechooser 2.20 powerpc
+localechooser 2.21 powerpc
loop-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc-di 1.60 powerpc
lowmemcheck 1.31 powerpc
main-menu 1.30 powerpc
media-retriever 1.20 all
module-init-tools-udeb 3.11-1 powerpc
mountmedia 0.19 all
-nano-udeb 2.2.0-1 powerpc
+nano-udeb 2.2.1-1 powerpc
net-retriever 1.24 all
netcfg 1.51+b1 powerpc
network-preseed 1.43 all
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
pcmcia-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc64-di 1.60 powerpc
pcmcia-storage-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc-di 1.60 powerpc
pcmcia-storage-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc64-di 1.60 powerpc
-pcmciautils-udeb 014-4 powerpc
+pcmciautils-udeb 014-4+b1 powerpc
preseed-common 1.43 all
reiserfs-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc-di 1.60 powerpc
rescue-check 1.21 all
-rootskel 1.81 powerpc
+rootskel 1.82 powerpc
sata-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc-di 1.60 powerpc
save-logs 2.39 all
scsi-common-modules-2.6.30-2-powerpc-di 1.60 powerpc
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