On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 07:47:42PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: N/A; reported 2002-04-24 > Severity: critical > Tags: patch > Justification: breaks unrelated software > > I did a new install of woody using the cvs from a few days ago. After > rebooting and configuring the base system, I saw a few conflicts as > packages were being unpacked. I wrote some bugs against those packages, > and it turned out that base-config was installing potato packages, not > woody. Those conflicted with the woody packages that had already been > installed by debootstrap. > > After investigation, I found that the dbootstrap_settings file created > by dbootstrap did not have executable permissions. This causes base-config > to assume a stable system, because the variables contained in the file > are not set. > > I patched util.c in cvs to chmod the file after creating it.
This was not the bug, as joey pointed out, base-config does not execute the file. > > Woody must not release without a new build of boot-floppies! This > would be serious egg on the face. > -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
