On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Frans Pop wrote: > Unfortunately we seem to have missed a change that was needed because of > the ABI change in 3.1r3. We have not noticed this until now because the > old kernels were still included in the archive and on CD images. With > 3.1r5 the old images were removed which brought the issue to the surface. > > The result of this is that for some architectures (i386, hppa, ia64, s390) > an incorrect kernel may be selected during base installation. > See also: #412295, #412909. > > The changes should have been made in some default values included in the > rootskel udeb. Updating the rootskel udeb now would mean that we would > need to rebuild D-I images, which is obviously not very desirable. > > Fortunately an alternative solution is possible: correcting the default > after it has been read from the debconf database. > > I have implemented this solution in base-installer (1.13.4sarge2) and > uploaded that new version to stable. As base-installer is not included in > D-I initrds for the affected architectures, this means we "only" need to > include this new version in stable and rebuild CD images. > > I understand that a 3.1r5a was already being considered, so this fix could > be included in that update.
One of my customers just asked if there is an ETA for r5a... Best regards, Anne Bezemer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]