Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2011-04-29 Thread Jonathan Nieder
tags 593683 + moreinfo quit Bastian Blank wrote: > unarchive 593683 > found 593683 2.6.32-29 > thanks Ping. I generally trust your judgement, so I'll just ask: - which bootloaders is the package missing Breaks for? - have you tested the upgrade path, or would you like help testing the upg

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-20 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Ben Hutchings [2010-09-19 20:53]: > That leaves colo and sibyl (both mips/mipsel). colo does not have to be called when upgrading a kernel; I cannot remember what sibyl needs. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-19 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 15:53 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > BTW, > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > (Reopening the bug out of an abundance of caution; if lenny grub really > > > doesn't need to be added to the Breaks, please close again - but please > > > also

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-19 Thread Steve Langasek
BTW, On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > (Reopening the bug out of an abundance of caution; if lenny grub really > > doesn't need to be added to the Breaks, please close again - but please also > > let me know why, so we can write the release notes appropriately.) >

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-19 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 08:53:07PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > grub uses a public interface. There is no need for depends in this case. > > However if the public interface is changed, it needs to be handled > > accordingly. > And the public interface hasn't changed. In my testing, I can confi

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-19 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 10:42 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 05:17:12PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 17:57 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 23:16 -0700, Steve

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-19 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 05:17:12PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 17:57 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 23:16 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > s390-tools, lilo, and elilo are the only

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-18 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 17:57 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > reopen 593683 > thanks > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 23:16 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > s390-tools, lilo, and elilo are the only bootloaders for which Breaks: > > > were

Processed: Re: Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-18 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reopen 593683 Bug #593683 {Done: Ben Hutchings } [linux-2.6] linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 593683: http://bugs.debian

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-09-16 Thread Steve Langasek
reopen 593683 thanks Hi guys, s390-tools, lilo, and elilo are the only bootloaders for which Breaks: were added in the recent upload. However, there are reports[1],[2] of serious upgrade failures resulting from not upgrading grub before trying to upgrade the kernel; and the grub in lenny definit

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-08-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 01:18:09PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:07:05PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > > linux-base and linux-image-* will warn the user on upgrade if they need > > to upgrade the bootloader package or set postinst_hook. > > No, they do not. Right

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-08-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 01:18:09PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:07:05PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 12:02 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > The images have to conflict against versions of the bootloaders not > > > supporting installation on its

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-08-20 Thread Bastian Blank
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:07:05PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 12:02 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > The images have to conflict against versions of the bootloaders not > > supporting installation on its own. > How would that help? As always, the packages are upgraded befor

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-08-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 12:02 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.32-18 > Severity: grave > > The images have to conflict against versions of the bootloaders not > supporting installation on its own. How would that help? It's likely to cause the bootloader to be removed

Bug#593683: linux-2.6 - images does not conflict with pre-policy versions of bootloaders

2010-08-20 Thread Bastian Blank
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-18 Severity: grave The images have to conflict against versions of the bootloaders not supporting installation on its own. Bastian -- Violence in reality is quite different from theory. -- Spock, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5818.4 -- To U