Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-06-05 Thread Hector Oron
Hello, 2013/6/5 Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org: Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com (04/06/2013): I just received several bug reports about this issue and decided to investigate. Many thanks! +1 Maybe we should also perform a .db check at build time, so that any new such items would be

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-06-05 Thread Loïc Minier
On Wed, Jun 05, 2013, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Maybe we should also perform a .db check at build time, so that any new such items would be spotted early? The following shell snippet seems to do the trick, and could be added to debian/rules, causing non-zero exit in case there are some hits?

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-06-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Loïc Minier loic.min...@dooz.org (05/06/2013): On Wed, Jun 05, 2013, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Maybe we should also perform a .db check at build time, so that any new such items would be spotted early? The following shell snippet seems to do the trick, and could be added to debian/rules,

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-06-05 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Loïc Minier loic.min...@dooz.org [2013-06-05 13:40]: Yeah, I've pushed a test_db script which currently only tests for unknown fields (case sensitively) Can you please upload to unstable. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-06-04 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com [2013-01-02 19:37]: Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-06-04 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com (04/06/2013): * Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com [2013-01-02 19:37]: Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-03-25 Thread Michael Gilbert
control: tag -1 patch On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-03-25 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 21:50:56 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: control: tag -1 patch On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages.

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-03-25 Thread Michael Gilbert
control: tag -1 -patch On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Julien Cristau wrote: Since the release is getting close, I've gone ahead with an nmu adding u-boot-tools as a real dependency. Uploaded to delayed/5 to give you a chance to do a maintainer upload if desired. Please see attached patch.

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-03-17 Thread Michael Gilbert
Martin Michlmayr wrote: I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation, so the real question is why it's not being installed.

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-01-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi $Uploaders, Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (29/12/2012): Quoting Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org): Hi, and thanks for your report. u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-01-02 Thread Hector Oron
Hi, 2013/1/2 Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org: Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (29/12/2012): u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do others think? Well, I even moved it to Depends in my

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-01-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org [2013-01-02 19:50]: Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I'm ready to upload flash-kernel with that fix. works for

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2013-01-02 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Hector Oron (hector.o...@gmail.com): Hi, 2013/1/2 Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org: Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (29/12/2012): u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2012-12-29 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org): Hi, and thanks for your report. u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do others think? Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2012-11-20 Thread Suschman
Package: debian-installer Version: debian armel beta3 installer on linkstation pro Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, Clean installing Debian 7 with Beta3 netinstall on Linkstation Pro/Live fails kernel install. Started by copying uImage and

Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage

2012-11-20 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Control: reassign -1 flash-kernel 3.3 Control: severity -1 serious Suschman susch...@gmx.net (20/11/2012): Package: debian-installer Version: debian armel beta3 installer on linkstation pro Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, Clean