Re: Debian > firmware-linux

[Thilo Six <bib@xk2c.de>]

dears debian-www,

as it seems packages.debian.org does not reflect this change either:
https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#archive-areas

packages.debian.org misses non-free-firmware

HTH



kind regards,

     Thilo

Am 12.02.23 um 09:13 schrieb Thilo Six:
> hi Salvatore,
>
> thanks for the pointer. i missed that.
>
>
>
> kind regards,
>
>       Thilo
>
> Am 12.02.23 um 09:03 schrieb Salvatore Bonaccorso:
> > Hi Thilo,
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 08:45:35AM +0100, Thilo Six wrote:
> > > Hello Salvatore,
> > >
> > > there is a strange thing going on with firmware-linux. on
> > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firmware-nonfree
> > >
> > > it says
> > > [2023-02-11] firmware-nonfree 20230117-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian 
> > > testing
> > > watch)
> > >
> > > but the latest avail .deb on mirrors is
> > > http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/
> > >
> > > firmware-linux_20210818-1~bpo11+1_all.deb    2022-10-12 00:37     24K
> > >
> > > i at least checked ftp.ch.debian.org and ftp.de.debian.org
> > >
> > > So although tracker.debian.org says it has migrated, it is not in 
> > > bookworm.
> > > at least no .deb avail on mirrors.
> > >
> > > Thought i should let you know.
> >
> > It is in bookworm, but you have to apply a change to your sources, due
> > to
> > https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#non-free-split
> > . There was a General resolution last year about firmware, leading to
> > firmware be put into a separate component non-free-firmware.
> >
> > I believe apt maintainers are working with Cyril Brulebois to have apt
> > detecting the situation and so helping users to migrate.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Salvatore