Bug#767999: debootstrap/base-passwd: #767999 and #766459 should really be fixed in base-passwd

2014-11-06 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Hi, On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 22:44:40 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 02:06:07PM +0000, Michael Tautschnig wrote: [...] > > 1. Determine whether base-passwd is in line with policy on providing its > > functionality as an "essential" package

Bug#767999: debootstrap/base-passwd: #767999 and #766459 should really be fixed in base-passwd

2014-11-06 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[ BCC'ing Santiago, Holger, Adam, Cyril ] Hi all, I'm refraining from quoting the preceding mails as most of you will have those in their inbox, and I'd rather summarise the situation right here: At least Santiago's and my opinion diverge on whether base-passwd is presently in line with policy o

Bug#766459: debootstrap: should not try to configure

2014-10-28 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Hi Santiago, All, On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 13:39:06 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: [...] > I already tried to fix this problem yesterday in base-files by making > minor changes. It didn't work. > > And it didn't work because contrary to what some people in this thread > has suggested, this issue has

Re: Bug#766459: debootstrap: should not try to configure

2014-10-27 Thread Michael Tautschnig
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 16:36:42 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: [...] > For example, your interpretation would force base-passwd to lose its > essential flag, because it can't provide its core functionality only > when in unpacked state. Then, according to policy, base-files and > *every* other packag

Re: Bug#766459: debootstrap: should not try to configure

2014-10-27 Thread Michael Tautschnig
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:07:24 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > > I'm hoping this is not going to be too philosophical, so I'll enlist the > > facts > > first (please let me know if I got any of them wrong):

Re: Bug#766459: debootstrap: should not try to configure

2014-10-27 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Apologies if I may be repeating information as we were concurrently working on those messages. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:34:06 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: [...] > I just expect debootstrap maintainers to cooperate with the release > managers to ensure that the version in stable is able to deboots

Re: Bug#766459: debootstrap: should not try to configure

2014-10-27 Thread Michael Tautschnig
ila wrote: > I'm going to reply to Julien first, then to Michael. > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 08:35:14 +, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > I agree this should be fixed in base-files. > > Bugs should be fixed wher

Bug#766459: debootstrap: should not try to configure

2014-10-27 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Hi all, I'm being heavily bitten by this one as well and I'm mildly shocked to see it crop up this late in the release cycle. I'm not going to hide that I believe this ought to be reassigned to base-files. I'll try to elaborate below. Santiago Vila wrote: [...] > In this particular case, I belie

Bug#749995: debian-installer-netboot-images: FTBFS - debian-installer not found in wheezy-proposed-updates

2014-05-31 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Package: debian-installer-netboot-images Version: 20130613+deb7u2.b1 Usertags: goto-cc During a rebuild of all Debian packages in a clean sid chroot (using cowbuilder and pbuilder) the build failed with the following error. [...] sha256sum: debian-installer_20130613+deb7u2+b1_amd64.deb.sha256sum:

Bug#749228: kbd-chooser: Conflicting return types of loadkeys_wrapper

2014-05-25 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Package: kbd-chooser Version: 1.67 Severity: wishlist Usertags: goto-cc During a rebuild of all packages in a clean sid chroot (and cowbuilder+pbuilder) the build failed with the following error. Please note that we use our research compiler tool-chain (using tools from the cbmc package), which pe