Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions -> The German word is 'jein' (yes and no)

2023-03-01 Thread Roland Clobus
Hello, On 01/03/2023 22:59, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Mattia Rizzolo wrote: ... ... The file tree and the data files' content is only a part of a bootable ISO 9660 image. There's executable code in the blind spots of such a view: MBR legacy BIOS boot code, EFI programs in the EFI partition,

Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2023-03-01, John Gilmore wrote: >>> So, overall, I actually don't think that diffoscope has the requested >>> support, and it's not "just" a bug of failed identification. > > I have been surprised at how much effort has gone into "diffoscope" as a > total fraction of the Reproducible Builds

Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread John Gilmore
>> So, overall, I actually don't think that diffoscope has the requested >> support, and it's not "just" a bug of failed identification. I have been surprised at how much effort has gone into "diffoscope" as a total fraction of the Reproducible Builds effort. Perhaps it is a case akin to the

Re: Reproducible builds stickers and flyers needed for Chemnitz Linux Days 2023

2023-03-01 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
Hello, I noticed only now that I never answered to this question. On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 09:36:03AM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: > I'm therefore again looking for reproducible-builds-related > flyers and stickers to distribute at the booth and hope this > time I'm asking early enough. > > Does

Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > I already knew that hybrid ISO 9660 are pretty much devil's offspring, > and I guess I could have done without your introduction to them /o\ Since i am helping to create them i feel obligated to warn the public. {:) > FWIW, currently diffoscope _does_ have a iso9660

Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
Hello Thomas, On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 09:44:56PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > There are various layouts. Some are quite awkward and invite for getting > lost in the woods. (Actually they lure firmwares out of the woods.) Duh. I already knew that hybrid ISO 9660 are pretty much devil's

Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > So, overall, I actually don't think that diffoscope has the requested > support, and it's not "just" a bug of failed identification. If it gets support for detecting partitions in image files then it will have to handle hybrid bootable ISO 9660 images which bear

RE: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread Venkata.Pyla
Hi Chris, Thanks for your replay, please see my inline comments. >-Original Message- >From: Chris Lamb >Sent: 01 March 2023 16:26 >To: pyla venkata(TSIP TMIEC ODG Porting) tsip.com>; rb-general >Subject: Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions > >Hey Venkata, > >> Does it support

Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 10:55:41AM +, Chris Lamb wrote: > > Does it support disk partitions or do I missing something? > > The short answer is that that diffoscope *should* support comparing your > partition images properly, instead of falling back to a raw > xxd(1) comparison. The reason

Re: Does diffoscope compares disk partitions

2023-03-01 Thread Chris Lamb
Hey Venkata, > Does it support disk partitions or do I missing something? The short answer is that that diffoscope *should* support comparing your partition images properly, instead of falling back to a raw xxd(1) comparison. The reason diffoscope doesn't do that right now is either due to a

Re: Future of reprotest and alternatives (sbuild wrapper)?

2023-03-01 Thread Eric Myhre
On 28.02.2023 04:15, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 06:11:16PM -0800, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: It also contains forks of some autopkgtest code, last updated in 2017, if I am reading the git logs correctly. It is apparently no longer working with current versions of qemu with the