Hi, actually powerpc-ibm-utils does still exists as binary package. And the source package is powerpc-utils. Adam just renamed source packages powerpc-ibm-utils to powerpc-utils and powerpc-utils to pmac-utils for less confusion as explained here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/powerpc-utils/+bug/1523627 Also : https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/powerpc-utils https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pmac-utils F. On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:32:38 +0100, Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> wrote: > Adrian, I actually discover the issue only today, and was a bit > surprised too. I think this is related to the powerpc downgrade to > port, and was part of the large packages autoremoval done at the time > (ppc64el was added only in 1.2.19-1). But I think we can revive this > package simply because it is needed on ppc64el. > > powerpc-ibm-utils packagers, would you consider fixing the package so > that it transition back to testing again or should I report an > explicit bug ? > > Thanks, > > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:13 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > Was the removal of powerpc-ibm-utils coordinated somewhere? I‘m asking > > because it’s still in the package list of debian-installer for > > powerpc/ppc64/ppc64el in debian-cd [1]. > > > > I can’t seem to find the removal bug report. > > > > Adrian > > > >> [1] > >> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-cd/debian-cd.git/tree/tools/generate_di+k_list > > > > On Nov 21, 2017, at 10:02 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 20, 2017, at 10:51 PM, Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de> wrote: > > > > > > Well, to be on the safe side, I think you need to use the latest versions of > > ofpath and ofpathname, hence running Debian Sid could be the easiest way to > > make sure this is the case. > > > > > > As both ofpath and ofpathname are shell scripts, would it be possible to > > just install Sid on one of the machines and copy the scripts to each of the > > other machines? > > > > > > Mostly all of these machines are currently running Jessie, and it would be a > > lot of work to upgrade each to Sid, run the experiments, then downgrade back > > to Jessie. > > > > > > Alternatively, could we make a Sid live (or rescue mode installer) CD that I > > could boot to run the experiments? > > > > > > On a third hand, all of these machines have a Firewire port that they can > > boot from. Can I install Sid on a single Firewire external drive and boot > > each machine in turn from it… It would have to be two Firewire drives, one > > for the G4 machines, and the other for the G5s. Would that work? > > > > > > One last comment, do not use `ofpathname` from package > > `powerpc-ibm-utils` since the package has been removed. The issue > > should be solved within the command lines tools provided by > > grub-ieee1275. >
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