Hi Adam, On Sat, 2013-05-18 at 12:47 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Sat, 2013-05-18 at 17:49 +0800, Geoff Levand wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 20:54 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > kexec-tools is not available on all archs. If petitboot needs it, it > > > needs to be restricted to those architectures with a kexec-tools > > > package. > > > > > > petitboot/mips unsatisfiable Depends: kexec-tools > > > petitboot/mipsel unsatisfiable Depends: kexec-tools > > > petitboot/s390x unsatisfiable Depends: kexec-tools > > > petitboot/sparc unsatisfiable Depends: kexec-tools > > > > It was decided by others before you that what you suggest is > > not correct. > > That doesn't mean they were right. Was this decision made somewhere > public?
I asked on #debian-mentors how to set up my package config to handle this situation, where some arches do not have kexec-tools, and I followed the recommendation given. That was in response to a bug you reported (Bug #669663). > > With the way we have it now when kexec-tools > > works for those arches, petitboot will work for those arches > > automatically. > > And in the meantime it's RC buggy on those architectures, meaning the > new version will not migrate to testing. > > What you're describing sounds like a suggestion to build-depend on > kexec-tools - in fact, the package in stable and testing does exactly > that; the build dependency appears to have been dropped in petitboot's > 12.10.16.14.58-ge7815dc-1 upload with no mention in the changelog. Yes, it seems there was a regression there (the build-depend got dropped). I misunderstood what this problem was. I think the solution is then to add back the build-depend. I will prepare an update with this fix. Once fixed, will I need to need to ask for removal of the 12.10.16.14.58-ge7815dc-1 build for those arches? > > If you want to do something I recommend you file a bug against > > kexec-tools to have it fixed for those listed arches. > > Such a bug wouldn't be RC in any case, and doesn't change the fact that > petitboot has been uninstallable on several architectures for nearly six > months. As above, I'll prepare an update. -Geoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
