On Wednesday 28 November 2007 13:16, Michael Banck wrote: > > Calicut have it easy because they use a shell script instead of > binaries in an initrd, so it'd be a matter of search and replace (I > pointed it out to one of them a while ago I think) > > Anyway, this is not a regression from K14 (or any earlier release since > the ext2-for-large-stores patch for > 2GB got applied), so I don't > think it absolutely needs fixing now. I also understand that having to > hack around in the GNU/Linux parts of K* is not very nice.
I almost have the solution. I was like a journey to Timbuktu and back to the house next door. It is just need the final tweek. > > > > We will update the core hurd and glibc packages shortly, and I > > > think using the currently known stable ones would be better. > > > > I can freeze my archive. I have yet to update my working version > > Latest version ftp-master.debian.org:- Mon 26 Nov. > > Working version Sun 25 Nov. > > Could you give me a time when to freeze. > > Well, not sure when a good time would be. I am not sure whether you > can freeze the archive and then add very specific packages for > uninstallability issues or bugs. If you can, I guess it wouldn't hurt > to freeze now. I build up a local file system mainly from gnuab, but also including other packages gathered from here and there. No sign of the new glibc and hurd packages yet. I will probably create a little script to check daily. > > Hrm, maybe we could run some QA tools on the Packages.gz of the archive > which could report e.g. uninstallable packages. Not sure what exactly > is available in this field or whether you're doing so already. I do so for my own info. The disc build process sorts out what has dependency problems. > > > Michael -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
