Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Maybe the installer kernel would have the release version on the package name and then it wouldn't be remove from the suite until the next version. e.g: - linux-image-d-i-4.0-rc1 So you prefer ugly hacked solution over cleant and neat ones ? It

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 09:05:24AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Maybe the installer kernel would have the release version on the package name and then it wouldn't be remove from the suite until the next version. e.g: - linux-image-d-i-4.0-rc1

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah. You know we stopped doing this kind of stuff for the kernel package over a year ago, and probably for a reason, don't you think ? We stopped doing that for kernel packages. The problem here is that, without doing that the binaries will stay

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 09:27:10AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah. You know we stopped doing this kind of stuff for the kernel package over a year ago, and probably for a reason, don't you think ? We stopped doing that for kernel

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like the idea while I keep in my mind that Joey had some reasons to dislike the udeb building from kernel source. I don't remember which He dislikes it, because he then will have less control over the .udeb content. But the one archive-per-kernel-abi

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:37:51PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The biggest problem here is that will looks like we'll support all those combinations regarting security and also bug fixing and this won't be true... that can be used if it stay just

Regarding: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 03-11-2006 om 03:03 schreef Frans Pop: On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. I did not say that _I_ needed to be asked, I said it needed to be

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using another group of packages would make both worlds happy and make both team lives easier. One wouldn't affect the other with

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:34:02AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - the kernel modules in a separate archive, of which there would be one by kernel version (upstream+abi), so as to keep d-i images alive even when new kernel versions are pushed

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:34:02AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - the kernel modules in a separate archive, of which there would be one by kernel version (upstream+abi), so as to keep d-i images alive even

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 03:11:08PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:34:02AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - the kernel modules in a separate archive, of which there would be one by

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The biggest problem here is that will looks like we'll support all those combinations regarting security and also bug fixing and this won't be true... that can be used if it stay just as a sid resource... Since the problem of moving versions only

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 03 November 2006 08:29, Sven Luther wrote: I tagged the bug d-i, i think, which should have been enough to attract your attention. At least this is how i understood the issue. No, it is not. I don't get some kind of automatic notification by email for bugs tagged d-i. Or don't you

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:18:09AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Friday 03 November 2006 08:29, Sven Luther wrote: I tagged the bug d-i, i think, which should have been enough to attract your attention. At least this is how i understood the issue. No, it is not. I don't get some kind of

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 03 November 2006 11:33, Sven Luther wrote: Ah, i thought there was some automatic tool, or whatever, so much for me, next time i will make sure to CC debian-boot or something, that Please discuss it on the list _before_ you file a bug report. said i was kill-filled by most of you

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:54:39AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Friday 03 November 2006 11:33, Sven Luther wrote: Ah, i thought there was some automatic tool, or whatever, so much for me, next time i will make sure to CC debian-boot or something, that Please discuss it on the list _before_

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. I did

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:34:53PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really would like to understand what is the rationale behind this. Adding a .udeb into the archive, if it is not part of the image, and not loaded by d-i, can hardly have any influence on d-i. Not exactly. When we're building the cdimage we

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 07:04:03PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really would like to understand what is the rationale behind this. Adding a .udeb into the archive, if it is not part of the image, and not loaded by d-i, can hardly have

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 03 November 2006 23:51, Sven Luther wrote: Bah, i can commit to debian-cd, and now that i know about this fact, if ever a .udeb i asked is out there, i will naturally add it to the blacklist. No, sorry that was not the intention. Having everybody committing uncoordinated changes to

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, it's trivial but the team need to be aware of those modifications otherwise it can take a while to discover useless udebs that are being include on the image. Currently there's no automatic CD testing tool to try to figure those mistakes out as fast

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 04 November 2006 01:24, Otavio Salvador wrote: Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using another group of packages would make both worlds happy and make both team lives easier. One wouldn't

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday 04 November 2006 01:24, Otavio Salvador wrote: Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using another group of packages would make both worlds happy and make both

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 12:39:50AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Friday 03 November 2006 23:51, Sven Luther wrote: Bah, i can commit to debian-cd, and now that i know about this fact, if ever a .udeb i asked is out there, i will naturally add it to the blacklist. No, sorry that was not the

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 09:24:28PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Yeah, but adding them to the image is not always the best solution, loading afterward may be a better way. Also, there may be another future for .udebs out there than just for d-i use, altough i know the d-i folk doesn't

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
Eddy Petrișor wrote: No, is not luck, just that all udebs which could be used are added to the pool of binaries which need symbols, AFAICT: No, the code you qouted is specific to building floppy disk images. As I said before, once d-i has access to the installation media, it loads the full

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:54:25PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: Eddy Petrișor wrote: No, is not luck, just that all udebs which could be used are added to the pool of binaries which need symbols, AFAICT: No, the code you qouted is specific to building floppy disk images. As I said before,

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello Daniel, I am glad you took this to the debian-boot mailing list as Sven Luther, who currently is not even a member of the Debian Installer team, filed this request without discussing it on the debian-boot list first. As such, this is an

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. I did not say that _I_ needed to be asked, I said it needed to be discussed on the debian-boot list first,

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. I did not say that _I_ needed to be asked, I

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:36:54AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:30:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, i am not entirely sure how d-i handles the case at hand here, where libraries are part of the actual image, but symbols are removed during reduction, because

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:30:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, i am not entirely sure how d-i handles the case at hand here, where libraries are part of the actual image, but symbols are removed during reduction, because they are not needed by the .udebs in the image, but they are needed by

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:06:12PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: A version of gdb as .udeb, which could easily be loaded inside the d-i would be very useful for developers. This would come in handy to debug various bugs which are otherwise hard to track, like crashes in the graphical installer, or

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:09:46PM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: My impression is that d-i loads the full libraries later on, or something such. AFAIK, this

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:09:46PM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: My impression is that d-i loads the full libraries later on, or something such. AFAIK, this never happens. The reduction is done mainly for the thing not to

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:05:26AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:06:12PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: A version of gdb as .udeb, which could easily be loaded inside the d-i would be very useful for

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:05:26AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:06:12PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: A version of gdb as .udeb, which could easily be loaded inside the d-i would be very useful for developers. This would come in handy to debug various bugs which

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:30:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, i am not entirely sure how d-i handles the case at hand here, where libraries are part of the actual image, but symbols are removed during reduction, because

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Joey Hess
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: If they did that, you could just wget a full GDB binary. It doesn't need anything else in the package besides the executable. But I don't think d-i does what you describe (since I tried to use this approach for strace recently, and there were missing symbols in

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Frans Pop
Hello Daniel, I am glad you took this to the debian-boot mailing list as Sven Luther, who currently is not even a member of the Debian Installer team, filed this request without discussing it on the debian-boot list first. As such, this is an unauthorized request. On Tuesday 31 October 2006