On Sat, 2013-05-18 at 21:11 +0800, Geoff Levand wrote: > 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. [...] > > > 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).
Ah, I see. fwiw, I think the Build-Dependency would have met Julien's definition of restricting here (it's a work-around, but it meets the goal). > > > 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. Thanks. > Once fixed, will I need to need to ask for removal of the > 12.10.16.14.58-ge7815dc-1 build for those arches? Yes, please. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
