Re: Fwd: DVD multi-arch

[Steve McIntyre]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 01:34:27PM +0200, Laura Arjona Reina wrote:
>Hi
>We received the mail below at press@ and I'm not sure if we are still
>providing DVD multiarch images or only the multiarch CD netinst.
>
>Can anybody of the CD team answer to Luc?

He mailed me personally first, and I've just replied to that
mail. Sorry, I've been falling behind on mail...

What I've said is:

...

During the final parts of the stretch release process, it became clear
that this image is just too small to be useful. It's missing too many
components for both amd64 and i386, so we decided to drop it I'm
afraid.

We've also seen that amd64 has *way* overtaken i386 in terms of users
such that most people downloading an image will not need i386 support
at all now.

Sorry...

...
-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com
"I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code 
 is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth

Bug#865470: include debian-ports-archive-keyring on non released architectures

[jhcha54008]

Package: debian-cd
Version: 3.1.20
Tags: patch
Severity: whishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , Helge 
Deller , James Clarke 

Dear Maintainer,

Non released architectures from www.debian-ports.org need the archive
keyring in the package debian-ports-archive-keyring (instead of the
regular debian-archive-keyring). The patch below includes it in
image-trees of the relevant architectures.

Regards,
JH Chatenet

--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
 DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS=--no-check-gpg
 endif
 
+## Port architectures need their archive keyring
+UNRELEASED_PORT_ARCHITECTURES=alpha hppa hurd-i386 m68k ppc64 powerpcspe sh4 
sparc64 x32
+ifneq (,$(filter $(UNRELEASED_PORT_ARCHITECTURES),$(ARCHES)))
+export BASE_INCLUDE := $(BASEDIR)/data/base_include_port_architectures 
$(BASE_INCLUDE)
+endif
+
 ## Internal variables  
 apt=$(BASEDIR)/tools/apt-selection
 check_backports_packages=$(BASEDIR)/tools/check_backports_packages
@@ -392,7 +398,7 @@
$(Q)if [ "$(SOURCEONLY)"x != "yes"x ] ; then \
if [ _$(INSTALLER_CD) != _1 ]; then \
for ARCH in $(ARCHES_NOSRC); do \
-   BINCLUDE=`[ -n "$(BASE_INCLUDE)" ] && cat 
$(BASE_INCLUDE) | tr "\n" "," | sed 's!,$$!!g'`; \
+   BINCLUDE=`[ -n "$(BASE_INCLUDE)" ] && cat 
$(BASE_INCLUDE) | sort -u | tr "\n" "," | sed 's!,$$!!g'`; \
[ -z "$$BINCLUDE" ] || 
BINCLUDE="--include=$$BINCLUDE"; \
BEXCLUDE=`[ -n "$(BASE_EXCLUDE)" ] && cat 
$(BASE_EXCLUDE) | tr "\n" "," | sed 's!,$$!!g'`; \
[ -z "$$BEXCLUDE" ] || 
BEXCLUDE="--exclude=$$BEXCLUDE"; \
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/base_include_port_architectures
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian-ports-archive-keyring

Fwd: DVD multi-arch

[Laura Arjona Reina]

Hi
We received the mail below at press@ and I'm not sure if we are still 
providing DVD multiarch images or only the multiarch CD netinst.


Can anybody of the CD team answer to Luc?

Thanks, and thanks for your hard work!

Best regards

--
Laura Arjona
https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona


 Mensaje reenviado 
Asunto: DVD multi-arch
Fecha: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:39:41 +0200
De: Luc Novales 
Para: pr...@debian.org

Hi,
Debian 9 is now stable. Very good job !!

I'm used to download multi-arch DVD to install some computers 32 bits or 
64 bits, downloading fewer packages during install.

Last image isn't present on server, only rc5 installer can be downloaded.

Is there some reason to remove this image. Should I waiting for this 
official installer version, or rc5 will be the only version available ?


Thanks,
Luc Novales.

New live images released (9.0.1)

[Steve McIntyre]

Hi folks,

We found multiple issues in the live images released at the
weekend. Since then, I've been working on fixes for the worst
problems. I've just published a new set of images as 9.0.1. Here's a
summary of the issues found, and current status:

1. KDE live desktop unstable on some (tested) hardware
==

Status: still a problem with 9.0.1

There is a segmentation fault in kmanage - the first obvious symptom
will be a failure to automatically log in. A workaround is to switch
to VT1 and wait for the desktop to start there. This has been
reproduced on hardware (using Intel graphics?), but not when testing
in a virtual machine.

See #865382.

2. Live images isolinux menu display problems
=

Status: Fixed in 9.0.1

When booted in BIOS mode (using isolinux), some of the localisation
options from the "Debian Live with Localisation Support" submenu are
displayed incorrectly. They may appear intermittently and then
disappear. They can still be selected and used and will work - just be
careful when selecting one.

See #861421.

3. Live images are not configuring UTF-8 console correctly
==

Status: still a problem with 9.0.1

After boot, X-based terminal programs will display non-ASCII
characters correctly, but the Linux console does not. The system is
configured to use UTF-8 locales, but the console is defaulting to
ISO-8859-15. There is a quick workaround: "dpkg-reconfigure
console-setup" and select "UTF-8".

See #864955.

4. Installation from the live image boot menu does not work
===

Status: Fixed in 9.0.1

There is a bug in the Packages files included on the live images,
causing the included Debian Installer code to fail with the error
"There was an error reading data from the CD-ROM. Please make sure it
is in the drive. If retrying does not work, you should check the
integrity of your CD-ROM."

See #865015.

5. Incorrect Volume ID used for all live images
===

Status: Fixed in 9.0.1

live-wrapper does not currently set the Volume ID on images it
creates, so they use the default supplied by xorriso: "ISOIMAGE".

See #865384.

6. The root directory of the live images has very restrictive permissions
=

Status: Fixed in 9.0.1

The root directory is mode 0700 (i.e. drwx--)

See #865386.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com
"Managing a volunteer open source project is a lot like herding
 kittens, except the kittens randomly appear and disappear because they
 have day jobs." -- Matt Mackall


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