Re: How to install iceweasel on a Linux device without using Debian installer?

2009-02-03 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 03:33:47PM -0800, Weidong Li wrote: > >From the Makefile in the src dir, I can find some info. But there are > too many of them and I suspect they are not used for real installation > on embedded devices. It's how Debian itself gets the thing built. > Now I have a relea

RE: How to install iceweasel on a Linux device without using Debian installer?

2009-02-03 Thread Weidong Li
Hi, Bill, Thanks for your advice! >From the Makefile in the src dir, I can find some info. But there are too many of them and I suspect they are not used for real installation on embedded devices. Now I have a released version of *.deb package of the browser for ARM, but the Debian tools ar

Re: How to install iceweasel on a Linux device without using Debian installer?

2009-02-03 Thread Bill Gatliff
Weidong Li wrote: Hi, I’d like to iceweasel and its dependency libraries on an ARM-based Linux device which does not have all those Debian tools. Can anyone give me some advice on how to install it manually? Well, there's probably a Makefile in the source code somewhere... :) But serious

How to install iceweasel on a Linux device without using Debian installer?

2009-02-03 Thread Weidong Li
Hi, I'd like to iceweasel and its dependency libraries on an ARM-based Linux device which does not have all those Debian tools. Can anyone give me some advice on how to install it manually? Thanks! Weidong

Re: what creates /etc/kernel-img.conf?

2009-02-03 Thread Paul Jakma
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Paul Jakma [2009-02-03 13:03]: However, it does not, for the same reason that flash-kernel should not run by default Well, it's the same on x86. When you upgrade the kernel, the kernel on disk is replaced with the new version. Indeed, and I'm

Re: what creates /etc/kernel-img.conf?

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Paul Jakma [2009-02-03 13:03]: > However, it does not, for the same reason that flash-kernel should > not run by default Well, it's the same on x86. When you upgrade the kernel, the kernel on disk is replaced with the new version. > Worse, an automatic kernel-flash may require > hardware-warr

Re: what creates /etc/kernel-img.conf?

2009-02-03 Thread Paul Jakma
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Paul Jakma wrote: On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Martin Michlmayr wrote: I don't think it should be off by default (because most people want to have automatic security upgrades) I see this argument, however I don't think it's a generally accepted one. If it were, then Debian would

Re: what creates /etc/kernel-img.conf?

2009-02-03 Thread Paul Jakma
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Martin Michlmayr wrote: I don't think it should be off by default (because most people want to have automatic security upgrades) I see this argument, however I don't think it's a generally accepted one. If it were, then Debian would by default automatically run "apt-get u

Re: what creates /etc/kernel-img.conf?

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Paul Jakma [2009-02-02 07:33]: > Basically, I think flashing kernels should be /off/ by default, > given there's no failback at the moment and so it really requires > manual testing of new kernels via tftp boot to avoid any nasty > surprises.. I don't think it should be off by default (becaus