On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 07:58:57PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Richard Hirst wrote: > > a) The iso has kernel-installer_0.045_all.udeb, even though 0.046 is in > > the archive. Presumably we are stuck with that until Joeyh forces 0.046 > > in to testing. As a result, it installed a 2.4.19 kernel for Itanium, > > rather than choosing Itanium or Mckinley 2.4.20 based on /proc/cpuinfo. > > This is why I want manty to make some cds that use udebs from unstable, > so we can test this stuff before moving it into testing. I understnad > he's working on it. > > But a least during proparation for this beta it would probably be ok to > just force it in, since the stuff in testing is not known to work at > all. My list of packages that need to go into testing for ia64 is: > > Needs base-installer (0.046) in testing. > Needs the kernel module udebs from kernel-patch-2.4.20-ia64 > (021210.em20.7) in testing. > > If that is the full set, I will try to get them in before tomorrow's > dinstall..
Yes, that is the full set, Thanks! Richard > > b) At some point during loading the installer modules, it spews a load > > of text over the screen, such as: > > > > Unknown localized field: > > Description-fr.ISO-8859-15: Aucune partition de dmarrage dtecte > > > > That doesn't seem to cause a problem though. > > I tried to find this tring in the beta2 tree, but I could not. Anyway, > it appears to be a French translation that is wrongly encoded; d-i should > only use utf-8. If you can grep out the relevant udeb in /var/lib/dpkg/info/, > in the chroot, it should be easy to fix. > > > I checked that the sym53c8xx_2 module jbailey wanted was available, so I > > think we can say ia64 is ready for beta2. Would be very nice if someone > > else could test though. > > That's great news. I am inclined to call beta2 as soon as we have two > architectures ready. The other two or so architectures could then catch > up and get their own release announcement. > > -- > see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
