Bug#917857: NMU diff for aufs 4.19+20181217-0.1

or the target kernel version. (You might need to copy-and-patch, as I'm not sure whether dkms will unpack the source again when building for a different version.) I haven't spent a whole lot of time thinking about this, so this might well be impractical. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Every progr

Bug#918142: linux-image-4.19.0-1-amd64: Can no longer disable the touchscreen module

I'm missing something obvious. Because fakefur seemed to be saying that hid_multitouch was still loaded. I'm reassigning this back, but I won't take any action to fix this. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Every program is either trivial or else contains at least one bug signature.asc

Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta package for a sane architecture-specific default

On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 10:50 +0100, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Quoting Ben Hutchings (2019-01-08 09:46:43) > > > I know that the right kernel image is not a function of the > > > Debian > > > architecture alone. But this meta-package is not su

Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta package for a sane architecture-specific default

ting such a mapping in individual > packages. For many architectures there is no single good default - that's the main reason why we have multiple flavours. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Any smoothly functioning technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#918443: sl-modem: ftbfs on i386: undefined reference to `minor'

Control: tag -1 patch I just ran into this and am attaching a patch for it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Design a system any fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. From: Ben Hutchings Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:21:23 + Subject: modem_main: Fix build with glibc 2.28 Starting

Bug#908492: NMU diff for nat-rtsp 0.7+4.18-0.1

+4.18. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Design a system any fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. diff -Nru nat-rtsp-0.7+1.g2ea3cb6/debian/changelog nat-rtsp-0.7+4.18/debian/changelog --- nat-rtsp-0.7+1.g2ea3cb6/debian/changelog 2013-12-12 16:56:57.0 + +++ nat-rtsp-0.7+4.18/debian

Bug#917861: NMU diff for kpatch 0.6.0-0.2

I made an NMU fixing this and the other RC bug, plus a double-build failure I noticed while preparing it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Design a system any fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. diff -Nru kpatch-0.6.0/debian/changelog kpatch-0.6.0/debian/changelog --- kpatch-0.6.0/debian

Bug#917857: NMU diff for aufs 4.19+20181217-0.1

4.19 + * Delete undefined ${shlibs:Depends} from dependencies + * Change binary packages to be arch:all, since their contents are not +architecture-dependent + + -- Ben Hutchings Mon, 07 Jan 2019 18:47:57 + + aufs (4.18+20180903-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream release

Bug#918322: More info

en I ran update-initramfs on an older kernel that one started showing the same symptoms as the new one. But initramfs-tools has not been updated for some months. Do you have udev version 240-1 installed? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer

Bug#918325: RM: ktap -- RoQA; kernel module not usable; dead upstream

Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal As discussed in bug #832355, the ktap kernel module hasn't been buildable since Linux 4.6 due to kernel API changes. The project is dead upstream, so this is unlikely ever to be fixed. The maintainer has acknowledged this. Ben.

Bug#918142: linux-image-4.19.0-1-amd64: Can no longer disable the touchscreen module

y updated the modprobe configuration, try running "update-initramfs -u" and then rebooting. Does that fix the problem? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#916670: cryptsetup: ERROR: Couldn't resolve device rootfs

s due > rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 > line in /etc/mtab > remove it and the problem no more. /etc/mtab is supposed to be a symlink to /proc/self/mounts. I don't know why it isn't on your system, but that's not a kernel bug. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, i

Bug#917925: Module fails to load on Linux 4.3 or later

Package: device3dfx-source Version: 2013.08.08-6 Severity: grave devie3dfx-source can now build a module, but with these build-time warnings: MODPOST 1 modules WARNING: "mtrr_del" [/usr/src/modules/device3dfx/kbuild/3dfx.ko] undefined! WARNING: "mtrr_add"

Bug#917908: RM: blktap-dkms -- RoQA; obsolete, FTBFS

Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal blktap was replaced by blktap2 in current versions of Xen. It hasn't been possible to build a kernel module with this package since Linux 4.12 (#874751), over a year ago. The related userspace code (blktap package) was

Bug#874751: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#874751: Processed: severity of 874751 is grave

gt; > ...the XCP project was stopped in 2013 and this v1 of blktap has been > obsoleted upstream. > > So, since this dkms was already not usable since Wheezy... What about > solving this by getting both of them removed from Debian? [...] OK, I've opened RM bugs for these two. Ben. -- Ben H

Bug#917907: RM: blktap -- RoQA; obsolete, FTBFS

Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal blktap was replaced by blktap2 in current versions of Xen. This package FTBFS for a year (#883212). The related kernel module (blktap-dkms package) was also broken by kernel API changes around the same time. Ben.

Bug#917905: Fails to build for non-current kernel version

Package: xtables-addons-source Version: 3.2-1 Severity: important When running kernel version 4.18.0-3-amd64 and building for 4.19.0-1-amd64, the build fails: /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.19.0-1-amd64/build M=/usr/src/modules/xtables-ad dons/extensions

Bug#917866: Fails to clean up build for non-current kernel version

Package: west-chamber-source Version: 20100405+svn2007.r124-8 Severity: important When running kernel version 4.18.0-3-amd64 and building for 4.19.0-1-amd64, the build succeeds but then cleanup fails: ... # Add here commands to clean up after the build process. [ ! -f Makefile ] ||

Bug#917865: Fails to build if running kernel is not installed

Package: vpb-driver-source Version: 4.2.61-1 Severity: important Several "install" targets in vpb-driver-source run depmod, but don't specify the kernel version. In a chroot environment the running kernel may not be installed and may not be the same as the target kernel, so that

Bug#917864: Fails to build for non-current kernel version

Package: virtualbox-guest-source Version: 5.2.22-dfsg-2 Severity: important When running kernel version 4.18.0-3-amd64 and building for 4.19.0-1-amd64, the build fails: ... /usr/bin/make -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules make[1]: Entering directory

Bug#916034: sl-modem-dkms: module FTBFS for 4.18.0-3-amd64, 4.9.0-8-amd64

/generated/utsrelease.h $(KERNEL_DIR)/include/linux/utsrelease.h $(KERNEL_DIR)/include/linux/version.h 2>/dev/null),) slusb-objs:= old_st7554.o obj:=. --- END --- Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. - John Lehman signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#917862: Prints error message when cleaned

Package: nat-rtsp-dkms Version: 0.7+1.g2ea3cb6-1 Severity: normal During installation of nat-rtsp-dkms, I see this error message: /var/lib/dkms/nat-rtsp/0.7+1.g2ea3cb6/build/Makefile:4: *** ** You need to enable NF_CONNTRACK in your kernel **. Stop. make[2]: ***

Bug#832355: ktap: module FTBFS for Linux 4.6: error: '__GFP_WAIT' undeclared

work with Linux 4.19 (which is what we'll use in Debian 10 "buster"). If not then you could drop the module. Either way, you would need to fix this fairly quickly in order for ktap to be included in "buster". But it looks like ktap is dead upstream now, so perhaps we should just r

Bug#917861: Fails to build against Linux 4.19

Package: kpatch-dkms Version: 0.6.0-0.1 Severity: grave kpatch in testing/unstable fails to build a module for Linux 4.19, which is the current kernel version in these suites and the version that will be included in Debian 10 "buster": CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/kpatch/0.6.0/build/kmod/core/core.o

Bug#917860: Fails to build for non-current kernel version

Package: kpatch-dkms Version: 2.0.93-0.10 Severity: serious When running kernel version 4.18.0-3-amd64 and building for 4.19.0-1-amd64, the build fails: ... Setting up kpatch-dkms (0.6.0-0.1) ... Loading new kpatch-0.6.0 DKMS files... Building for 4.19.0-1-amd64 Building initial module for

Bug#917858: Fails to build a binary module package

Package: device3dfx-source Version: 2013.08.08-5 Severity: grave Running "module-assistant -l 4.19.0-1-amd64 auto-build device3dfx-source" currently fails, with the following errors: ... Setting up device3dfx-source (2013.08.08-5) ... W: --force-yes is deprecated, use one of the options starting

Bug#917857: Fails to build against Linux 4.19

Package: aufs-dkms Version: 4.18+20180903-1 Severity: grave aufs in testing/unstable currently only works with Linux 4.18, but the kernel version in these suites is 4.19 (and this is the version that will be included in Debian 10 "buster"). Please update to a new upstream version that is

Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device

Control: reassign -1 udev Control: forcemerge 917124 -1 On Sun, 2018-12-30 at 13:48 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Ben, > > > Am 29.12.18 um 19:55 schrieb Paul Menzel: > > > Am 29.12.18 um 17:47 schrieb Ben Hutchings: > > > On Sat, 2018-12-29 at 11:19 +0100,

Bug#510367: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#510367: initscripts: checkfs.sh runs before /etc/modules processed

ete, because for USB there is no time limit for devices to appear. You should either poll for the required devices to appear at regular intervals, or use a udev hook to react to their appearance. In either case there should be a configurable timeout or some way to break out and attempt a manual

Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device

On Sat, 2018-12-29 at 11:19 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Ben, > > > Am 25.12.18 um 21:55 schrieb Ben Hutchings: > > > On Mon, 2018-12-24 at 15:05 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > Updating the Linux kernel package fails with the error below. > > [...]

Bug#916510: duplicate

=108984 > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108850 Assuming that this was the same bug, I'm merging your bug report with the others (and so closing it). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Bug#916134: linux-image-4.18.0-3-amd64: 4.18.0-3 fails to boot, 0-2 works.

Control: forcemerge 914495 -1 I'm assuming this report is about the same bug as all the similar reports about i915 regressions in version 4.18.20, so I'm merging (and closing) it. The bug should be fixed in 4.19 which is now in testing. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Life is what happens to you while

Bug#917524: initramfs-tools: Upgrade from initramfs-tools package fails

Control: reassign -1 udev Control: forcemerge 917261 -1 This looks like a known udev regression, which is fixed in version 240-2. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon

Bug#917261: linux-image-4.19.0-1-amd64: /dev/mapper symlink for dm-crypt volume containing / not created on system startup

On Wed, 2018-12-26 at 21:57 -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:39:19 + > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 09:58:33PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Dec 2018 20:52:46 + > > > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > >

Bug#917261: linux-image-4.19.0-1-amd64: /dev/mapper symlink for dm-crypt volume containing / not created on system startup

On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 09:58:33PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2018 20:52:46 + > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Control: reassign -1 udev 240-1 > > Control: forcemerge 917124 -1 > > > > This seems to be a bug in udev, not the kernel. You will

Bug#916899: linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.3-amd64: NULL pointer dereference in i915

Control: forcemerge 914495 -1 This is fixed in Linux 4.19, currently available in unstable. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device

4. Try downgrading udev to version 239-15 (still in testing). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#917261: linux-image-4.19.0-1-amd64: /dev/mapper symlink for dm-crypt volume containing / not created on system startup

Control: reassign -1 udev 240-1 Control: forcemerge 917124 -1 This seems to be a bug in udev, not the kernel. You will only have noticed it once you rebooted for the kernel upgrade. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious

Bug#917280: kernel panic on intel gen4 gfx card

an.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=917280;filename=dmesg.txt;msg=10 The 4.18 stable branch is no longer maintained. I suspect this is the same as <https://bugs.debian.org/914495> and <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108850>, which is fixed in 4.19 (currently in unstable). B

Bug#906016: transition: gjs built with mozjs60

o I think it's *possible* to install a Mesa-supported GPU, if unlikely. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#780364: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#780364: The problem disappeared, when I removed /etc/adjtime file and rebooted

On Fri, 2018-12-21 at 18:54 +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: [...] > * checking of /usr in `checkfs.sh' is performed by `fsck -A'. Any >ideas, how should we tell it to skip /usr? We already do that since: commit 155bf5e08de00125ba2612834e74751793a363d5 Author: Ben Hutchings Date: Sun

Bug#916927: aptitude: should consistently choose between signed and unsigned kernels

good reason to actually use the unsigned packages, so I think the Provides could safely be removed. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#829255: oss4-dkms: Fails to build for 4.6.0-1-amd64

/src/modules/oss4/core/oss_core.c:568:25: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] tmout->timer.function = oss_timer_callback; ^ Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are

Bug#916936: Fails to build against Linux 4.11+

Package: src:cloop Version: 3.14.1.2 Severity: grave Building cloop-src for Linux 4.18 fails: CC [M] /usr/src/modules/cloop/cloop.o In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.18.0-3-common/include/linux/kernel.h:10:0, from /usr/src/modules/cloop/cloop.c:34:

Bug#890073: "dpkg-divert: warning: please specify --no-rename explicitly ..."

Control: severity -1 important dpkg-divert now also reports: dpkg-divert: warning: please specify --no-rename explicitly, the default will change to --rename in 1.20.x This seems to imply that the current preinst may become actively harmful in future. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Anthony's Law

Bug#916774: linux-perf metapackage fails to upgrade due to file conflict between linux-perf-4.18 & linux-perf-4.19

sometimes prevents that). We have a build-time test that all installed file paths are versioned: ! find $(DESTDIR) -name '*perf*' \! -path '*[_-]$(VERSION)*' | grep . but now I see that that doesn't work because -path matches against the full path, which includes $(DESTDIR), which includes $(

Bug#914980: linux-image-4.18.0-3-amd64: linux image installed via 4.18.0-3 won't reboot on T500 and X201

soon. That's correct - the next upload to unstable will be based on 4.19. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#915830: busybox: cp: failed to access '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_h8da2B//usr/bin/busybox': Too many levels of symbolic links

ory symlink in the skeleton initramfs. If necessary, I could probably change that. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#914495: linux-image-4.18.0-3-amd64: does not boot here

On Mon, 2018-12-03 at 23:08 +0100, TS wrote: > Ben Hutchings schrieb/wrote: > > -- -- > > > > Since the issue happens very early in boot process debugging is quit > > > difficult. > > > Assistance with further debugging is required if you need additiona

Bug#914495: linux-image-4.18.0-3-amd64: does not boot here

serial-console.html https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. - Donald Knuth signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#914758: linux-image-4.18.0-2-amd64: setting elevator=none does not change io scheduler

/deadline-iosched.txt for details. [...] This is correct, but incomplete. The "elevator" kernel parameter only controls the default schedulers for the old "blk-rq" device API. Unfortunately, because of the differences between the old and new APIs it was also necessary to intro

Bug#914721: gnome-software: Pending updates list shows wrong firmware package

no packages. Versions of packages gnome-software suggests: pn  fwupd   pn  gnome-software-plugin-flatpak   pn  gnome-software-plugin-limba     -- no debconf information -- Ben Hutchings, Software Developer Codethink Ltd https://www.codethink.co.uk/

Bug#911121: Please compile with CONFIG_SND_BCM2835=m

is change, but a > new version of the kernel has been uploaded and doesn't include this. > > What has happened? This was committed on the master branch and will be included into the next upload (4.19.3-1~exp1 or later). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up so

Bug#913880: ITP: overlay-userns -- Overlay mounting in user namespaces (DKMS)

her than packaging a fragile hack? > > thanks for the pointer. Do you think about something like the attached > patch? Would you recommend a post in debian-kernel@l.d.o about it or > better a salsa merge request? I'd prefer a merge request. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If at first you don

Bug#914225: linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64: Kernel Oops / divide zero when logging in via gdm

ia driver? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#913880: ITP: overlay-userns -- Overlay mounting in user namespaces (DKMS)

Why don't you talk to the kernel team about adding a module parameter enable this, rather than packaging a fragile hack? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#913389: installation-guide: Updating advice for choosing a network mirror (Section 6.3.5.1.3)

ould be up-to-date and fast. These mirrors support TLS (https protocol) and IPv6. This service is maintained by the Debian System Administration (DSA) team. --- END --- I.e. add "and IPv6" to the second sentence. > Paragraph 4 > --- > Appears to be redundant.

Bug#912820: stretch-pu: package pkgsel/0.45+deb9u2

12:49:01.0 + +++ pkgsel-0.45+deb9u2/debian/changelog 2018-10-27 23:58:05.0 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +pkgsel (0.45+deb9u2) stretch; urgency=medium + + * Fix target suite + + -- Ben Hutchings Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:58:05 +0100 + +pkgsel (0.45+deb9u1) unstable; urgency=medium

Bug#852324: closed by Ben Hutchings (Re: [xen] x86/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping)

e verge of upgrading that system from Stretch to Buster, which > would upgrade both Xen (to 4.11) and the kernel (some which would include the > fix). > Would it be useful to first upgrade just the kernel (and leave Xen at 4.8) to > verify it is indeed also fixed on my system?

Bug#911802: Re: Bug#911802: ITP: kovri -- C++ I2P router

this new package won't go into Debian 9. Ben. > I checked the different repositories, and 1.62 looks like the latest > version. > > Thanks for your quick reply, sorry about the delay on my end. > > - oneiric > -- Ben Hutchings Any smoothly functioning technolog

Bug#912073: No initramfs generated if new kernel package installed by upgrade

Package: pkgsel Version: 0.60 Severity: serious While testing a fix for #908711, I found that pkgsel diverts update-initramfs during the upgrade and installation process and runs it once at the end. By default, "update-initramfs -u" updates the new initramfs for the newest kernel version that

Bug#911999: Undeclared dependency on tracker

Package: nautilus Version: 3.30.0-4 Severity: serious If tracker is not installed: ~$ nautilus (nautilus:23136): Tracker-ERROR **: 05:13:49.548: Unable to find default domain ontology rule /usr/share/tracker/domain-ontologies/default.rule Trace/breakpoint trap Please either make tracker

Bug#811377: closed by Dmitry Bogatov (Bug#811377: fixed in sysvinit 2.88dsf-60)

On Fri, 2018-10-26 at 20:55 +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > [2018-10-26 13:58] Ben Hutchings > > part 1 text/plain1014 > > On Fri, 2018-10-26 at 10:39 +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > > This is an automatic notification regarding you

Bug#911815: /usr/bin/perf_4.18: Please build perf against libbfd

ilable, but the result is # undistributable as they are licenced under GPL v2 and v3+ # respectively. Override detection of libbfd and insist that # cplus_demangle() can be found in libiberty (LGPL v2.1+). Tagging this wontfix since we can't fix that problem. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathem

Bug#911802: ITP: kovri -- C++ I2P router

son to do this. It is recommended to use shared libraries in Debian packages where possible. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - B

Bug#749991: A tiresome subject for YEARS.

ou use netboot the udebs in the archive *also* have to match. And they don't after a point release. Ben. > I'm creating debian-installer images myself on a regular basis and from my > current knowledge and testing, it's very unlikely that there is a bug in > the kernel and initrd match

Bug#911750: Race condition in d-i leading to kernel from security.debian.org to be kept back

On Wed, 2018-10-24 at 16:30 +0200, Raphaël Halimi wrote: > Le 24/10/2018 à 14:15, Ben Hutchings a écrit : > > > When the kernel metapackage (linux-image-) is initially installed, > > > APT doesn't install recommended packages, and security.debian.org > > > reposi

Bug#911750: Race condition in d-i leading to kernel from security.debian.org to be kept back

isk during a certain period of > time between the first boot, and the first upgrade (and reboot). > > Regards, > -- Ben Hutchings Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#911133: Graphical installer

On Thu, 2018-10-18 at 23:43 -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2018-10-18, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-10-18 at 19:48 +0200, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: > > For current AMD chips the only native driver is amdgpu; for older chips > > it's radeon. Both of them will ne

Bug#911245: ITP: libvma -- libvma is a LD_PRELOAD-able library that boosts performance

> bypass and get better throughput, latency and packets/sec rate. > > No application binary change is required for that. > libvma is supported by RDMA capable devices that support "verbs" > IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET QP for Ethernet and/or IBV_QPT_UD QP for IPoIB. > -- Ben Hutchi

Bug#911133: Graphical installer

for display (rather than off-screen rendering or GPGPU) is likely to be vanishingly small. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#911169: console-setup: can vidcontrol and kbdcontrol depends be removed for non-kfreebsd archs?

On Wed, 2018-10-17 at 18:57 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 19:43 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > Package: console-setup > > > Severity: wishlist > > > > > > > > > Holger Wansin

Bug#911211: Increase default CMA size for armhf kernels

g the cma parameter on the kernel command line. That said, it seems reasonable to raise the default - when it is larger than needed, the pages not allocated to the drivers that need it can still be allocated to user processes, just not for other in-kernel purposes. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Man inve

Bug#911169: console-setup: can vidcontrol and kbdcontrol depends be removed for non-kfreebsd archs?

system-helpers (>= 1.29~) | initscripts > Suggests: console-setup > Conflicts: console-setup-linux > Breaks: console-setup (<< 1.71) > Replaces: console-setup (<< 1.71) > Description: FreeBSD specific part of console-setup >This package includes raw, u

Bug#910941: apt-get changelog uses insecure HTTP for Debian

On Sun, 2018-10-14 at 01:48 +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote: > Control: clone -1 -2 > Control: severity -1 wishlist > Control: reassign -2 ftp.debian.org > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 05:06:37PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > The default value of Acquire::Changelogs

Bug#910969: stretch-pu: package firmware-nonfree/20161130-4

13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, + CVE-2017-13081) +- BCM43340 (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, + CVE-2017-13081) (also fixes issues when operating in 5GHz band) +- BCM43362 (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, +

Bug#910941: apt-get changelog uses insecure HTTP for Debian

Package: apt Version: 1.7.0 Severity: normal The default value of Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Debian is "http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog;. Since metadata.ftp-master.debian.org supports HTTP-S and redirects to the https: scheme, the URL should be

Bug#872039: initscripts: umountfs leaves /var mounted (rw)

Control: tag -1 - moreinfo On Sat, 2018-10-13 at 16:29 +0200, Elrond wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 06:24:49 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > [...] > > > Reason for Severity=serious: This leaves /var (or other > > > filesystems) in an unclean state, so cou

Bug#872039: initscripts: umountfs leaves /var mounted (rw)

cted, this might merit inclusion in a point release. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings All the simple programs have been written, and all the good names taken signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#910010: linux-image-4.18.0-1-amd64: The module pata_legacy.ko is missing.

n I suppose we'll have to enable it for amd64. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#909643: installation-reports: doing a dist-upgrade from debian7 to debian8 ended with a non bootable system

, it is possible to > -activate LVM with vgchange -ay > -mount and access the root partition > However, ussing the "exit" command ends up in a kernel panic, root > filesystem being mounted on /root or not [...] What is the kernel command line? (Run "cat /proc/cmdline" t

Bug#900581: linux: Enable Buster kernel features for newer ARM64 servers.

ONFIG_ACPI_CONFIGFS as I have a concern that this feature allows subverting Secure Boot. If this feature is important to you, I can investigate further and maybe add a patch to conditionally disable it at run-time instead. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguis

Bug#898945: Can Ubuntu 16.04 be patched to fix this?

On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 12:03 -0500, Ryan Arp wrote: > Is it possible to get this patched for Ubuntu 16.04? You need to ask Ubuntu about that. Fixes in Debian will generally find their way into future Ubuntu releases, but updates to existing releases are entirely a matter for them. Ben. --

Bug#896911: e1000e msix interrupts broken in linux 4.15

Greg, On Tue, 2018-09-18 at 13:29 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2018-09-18 at 09:12 +, Yanhui He wrote: > > Hi David, > > > > Would you please help us push this fix in the new Debian release? > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug

Bug#896911: e1000e msix interrupts broken in linux 4.15

others have not been. The rest of them apply with some trivial textual conflicts. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Never attribute to conspiracy what can adequately be explained by stupidity. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#909022: openssh-client: Incorrect flag test in getrrsetbyname()

sphere   pn  ssh-askpass    -- no debconf information -- Ben Hutchings, Software Developer Codethink Ltd https://www.codethink.co.uk/ Dale House, 35 Dale Street Manchester, M1 2HF, United Kingdom

Bug#908967: initramfs-tools: mount fails with rootfstype=auto

02 but due to the details I found it > probably warrants its own topic. [...] It's a similar issue, *but* for the root filesystem automatic detection is the default. Instead of "rootfstype=auto" you should not specify rootfstype at all. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Humour is the bes

Bug#908831: linux-image-4.18.0-1-amd64: After upgrade from kernel 4.17 to 4.18 virt-manager dosent work

oblem too. The current versions of virt-manager, libvirt, etc. in unstable do work. But I recognise that this is still a kernel bug that needs to be fixed (particularly for stretch-backports). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#875621: Still not fixed

ression (bug #880471). So, before we enable it again someone will need to investigate and check that the regression won't happen again. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#908711: pkgsel does not install updates with ABI changes (by default)

fault for this question should be changed to "full-upgrade", or the implementation of "safe-upgrade" should be changed to "apt upgrade". This installs new packages as dependencies but doesn't remove anything. I don't know if it's possible to get the same behaviour thro

Bug#908547: linux-perf is missing dependencies generated by dh_perl and dh_python

Package: src:linux Version: 4.5.1-1 Severity: important In linux-tools version 4.0.2-1 I changed the perfexecdir variable for the upstream perf Makefile from share/perf_$(VERSION)-core to lib/perf_$(VERSION)-core because perf started installing some binaries there. This also changed the

Bug#908161: Please enable building a riscv64 kernel image

Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Sat, 2018-09-08 at 20:07 +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 10:28:19PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-09-06 at 22:06 +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > > > Source: linux > > > Version: 4.19~rc2-1~ex

Bug#908161: Please enable building a riscv64 kernel image

--8<- > > > > I'm somewhat stuck here - is this an upstream issue or > > have I overlooked something on the packaging side? Pointers > > welcome :). > > I sent this upstream patch for this: > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-riscv/2018-Sep

Bug#698668: [PATCH] Documentation/media: uapi: Explicitly say there are no Invariant Sections

Are you still waiting for agreement from any contributors, or is this ready to apply? Ben. On Fri, 2018-08-03 at 15:41 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > The GNU Free Documentation License allows for a work to specify > Invariant Sections that are not allowed to be modified. (Debian >

Bug#908161: Please enable building a riscv64 kernel image

Some minor clarifications: On Thu, 2018-09-06 at 22:28 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > Any symbol exported from an assembly-language file won't automatically > get a symbol version, since there's no type information there. The way > to fix this is to include (or directly) add the

Bug#908161: Please enable building a riscv64 kernel image

se add it again when you send another patch. Also, you are welcome to send a merge request on Gitlab instead of a patch; I find easier to discuss changes that way. Ben. > Regards, > Karsten -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#900581: linux: Enable Buster kernel features for newer ARM64 servers.

pport and a seamless > install for m400 users. > > If there is anything you recommend I could try it. I'm not apposed > to any solution. I just want to get the kernel config updated so > Buster better supports newer systems. I also favour #2. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm alway

Bug#908001: Removal of currently running kernel is prevented by "Failed to substitute package name in title: ..."

removal has the same problem. I verified that the same failure occurs when attempting to remove an old kernel package that has a similar prompt using its own template. I think debconf should populate the cache from package template files on-demand, using the first part of the template name as the packa

Bug#907704: choose-mirror: default to deb.debian.org

pported in all (or at least most) of the different HTTP libraries we ship. But I don't think we're anywhere near there, so supporting it at installation time only doesn't seem worth the trouble. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism bec

Bug#900581: linux: Enable Buster kernel features for newer ARM64 servers.

eople are running the firmware provided from HPe support but was never put on release site". Ben. > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg670446.html (efi: add > contents of LinuxExtraArgs EFI var to command line) > > -Geoff > > -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the

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