On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:11:30PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >Unfortunately we seem to have missed a change that was needed because of >the ABI change in 3.1r3. We have not noticed this until now because the >old kernels were still included in the archive and on CD images. With >3.1r5 the old images were removed which brought the issue to the surface. > >The result of this is that for some architectures (i386, hppa, ia64, s390) >an incorrect kernel may be selected during base installation. >See also: #412295, #412909. > >The changes should have been made in some default values included in the >rootskel udeb. Updating the rootskel udeb now would mean that we would >need to rebuild D-I images, which is obviously not very desirable. > >Fortunately an alternative solution is possible: correcting the default >after it has been read from the debconf database. > >I have implemented this solution in base-installer (1.13.4sarge2) and >uploaded that new version to stable. As base-installer is not included in >D-I initrds for the affected architectures, this means we "only" need to >include this new version in stable and rebuild CD images. > >I understand that a 3.1r5a was already being considered, so this fix could >be included in that update. > >For the mean time I have added an erratum item in the appropriate places >on the website (will be visible after next website rebuild): >- http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/ >- http://www.debian.org/CD/releases/ It might be useful to also add the same information in a HEADER.html directly on cdimage too. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "I can't ever sleep on planes ... call it irrational if you like, but I'm afraid I'll miss my stop" -- Vivek Dasmohapatra
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