Re: Out-of-tree kernel module udeb

2015-05-17 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 17, 2015, at 1:25 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Aron Xu (2015-05-17): >> At the moment only spl is available in the archive, using dkms, and >> for zfs it's similar in the way of packaging though not uploaded yet. >> What we have (code ready to go) is a mechanism that detects/gets >> defini

Re: debian-installer: dropping library reduction pass?

2015-05-10 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 10, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Aurelien Jarno, le Sun 10 May 2015 20:51:23 +0200, a écrit : >> This has some drawbacks: > > I see mklibs as a fragile thing indeed. Seconded. Since the rumors of ZoL in Debian GNU/Linux stated that there would "probably", "most likely" (e

Re: Package versioning and upgrades

2015-05-07 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 7, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Andreas Ronnquist wrote: > # dpkg --compare-versions 0.6.4-12-0c60cc-wheezy lt 0.6.4-12-0c60cc && echo > true > # dpkg --compare-versions 0.6.4-12-0c60cc~wheezy lt 0.6.4-12-0c60cc && echo > true > true I can't use '~' for the separator, because I want/need full sou

Re: Package versioning and upgrades

2015-05-07 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:25 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > So always use ~wheezy suffix when building for wheezy and use no suffix > when building for jessie This used to work, but doesn't seem to any more… I'm at a loss. wheezy: 0.6.4-1.1-1-wheezy wheezy-daily: 0.6.4-12-0

Bug#764982: Backports, where is the danger (why the FUD)

2015-04-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Apr 20, 2015, at 9:26 AM, Philip Hands wrote: > Turbo Fredriksson writes: >> >> Good for you. Maybe it's better now, but my opinion still stands. > > Well, that's a jolly constructive attitude, well done. Not how I meant it, but thanx for misunderstanding

Bug#764982: Backports, where is the danger (why the FUD)

2015-04-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Apr 19, 2015, at 10:48 PM, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > Backports main is official Debian. [1] You misunderstand the announcement. … official Debian service … Notice the last word here! It say "service". Not 'official _PART_ of Debian'! -- Life sucks and then you die -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Bug#764982: Backports, 2B || !2B

2015-04-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote: > I really don't think this is a good idea and I'm this close to > re-close the bug report. Well, I asked a fair question I think. I knew the answer (but I could be wrong - I haven't been paying attention to Debian GNU/Linux matters in years)

Bug#764982: Backports, where is the danger (why the FUD)

2015-04-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Apr 19, 2015, at 9:48 PM, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > Did you check if it really was back ports? Yes. I've been using Debian GNU/Linux since.. 'bo' or something and a DD since '97 or so. I know what I'm doing (98% of the time :). > I use backports on all machines I care about, and I never had

Bug#764982: Backports, where is the danger (why the FUD)

2015-04-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Apr 19, 2015, at 8:25 PM, Geert Stappers wrote: > What is the danger of having backports (default) enabled? From what I've seen (when I tried it a couple of years ago), is that the back porting is quite … "sloppy". If the package needs a newer lib, that is back ported as well. And the newer li

Bug#764982: Backports removed from

2015-04-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Paul van der Vlis (2015-04-19): > >> Are all machines with backports enabled ticking timebombs? >> No, but you have to know what you do. > > Do you see that “but”? That's exactly why it's not safe to have this > turned on by default. Thank

Re: D-I && ZFS On Linux

2015-04-18 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Apr 18, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Now is certainly *not* the time. > > The current pet peeve we're trying to fix is releasing Jessie. Right, doh! Sorry about, forgot all about that :). I'll come back as soon as that's released then. -- You know, boys, a nuclear reactor is

D-I && ZFS On Linux

2015-04-18 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
"Some time ago" I created some patches for the debian installer to provide ZoL support on Linux. Since ZoL wasn't in the Debian GNU/Linux at the time, the where (of course) rejected. But now that we have a green light from the lawyers, I think it's time to get this accepted again. Because the law

libgcc1 && make netboot

2015-04-18 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
I need libgcc1 in the initrd/installer, but it is in the exceptions file, so it is not installed. it say that "it will be pulled in via library reduction". But that doesn't seem to happen. Is there something I've missed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Package versioning and upgrades

2015-03-30 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Mar 30, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Meaning ~deb7u1 or +deb7u1 for the first upload to wheezy, ~deb7u2 or > +deb7u2 for the next one; as for jessie, use ~deb8u1 or +deb8u1 for > the first upload, etc. I used to do something like that, but because the 'Dailies' is directly from

Re: Package versioning and upgrades

2015-03-27 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:25 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > So always use ~wheezy suffix when building for wheezy and use no suffix > when building for jessie, and bump the main packaging version up to make > the new versions higher than they were before. Awesome, thank you! > The only unsolvable ca

Package versioning and upgrades

2015-03-27 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Since ZoL (ZFS On Linux) isn't yet in Debian GNU/Linux, I've been doing my own packages for ZoL in that package repo. This include changes to the installer (debian-installer, base-installer, grub-installer, partman-target and partman-zfs). But because the Debian GNU/Linux git repo refuses force pu

Re: partman-base && GPT

2015-03-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Mar 19, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > AFAICS recent parted versions default to using the "Windows Basic > data partition" GUID Isn't that a bug? For those that dual-boot, windows might get … "funny" with that disk. ? > For UEFI, adding "write_line esp" helped (commit > 7ce58763e8

partman-base && GPT

2015-03-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
As you may or may not know, I modified partman-zfs to support Linux (ZoL) a couple of years ago. I've taken up the project again, and got into a little … 'pickle'. It _seems_ that when partman creates a GPT partition, it does so using the 'EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7' GUID ('Windows Basi

[PATCH 1/1] If finding multiple [br]ootfs, only use the first one.

2014-11-11 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
This rings a bell.. I though I already fixed that years ago!? Ah, well… Signed-off-by: Turbo Fredriksson --- debian/changelog |6 ++ grub-installer |4 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 463efd1..64e59b0 100644 --- a

partman-zfs && ZoL

2014-11-11 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
I'm trying to re-add the ZoL stuff I made a year and a half ago (we're 'expecting' ZoL to be accepted 'soon' - it's now in the hands of the legal department, we finally got the reject we where expecting). While testing this out (setting up a local, authenticated repo haven't been easy!), I not

Re: Kernel image and OOT auto builder environment (Was: Using out of tree modules in d-i)?

2013-05-26 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 26, 2013, at 3:31 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Absolutely not acceptable. Out-of-tree modules must not hold up fixes > to the kernel. It was bad enough when their build failures were > blocking each other in linux-modules-extra-2.6. So how much delay would be acceptable? One day? Twelve h

Re: Using out of tree modules in d-i?

2013-05-25 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 25, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Bastian Blank wrote: > Please show that CDDL does not impose additional restrictions over > GPL-2. Since you seem to have already settled the case once and for all and are so sure about this, how about you prove your point? It really doesn't matter who proves ther

Re: [Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Kernel image and OOT auto builder environment (Was: Using out of tree modules in d-i)?

2013-05-25 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 25, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Aron Xu wrote: > just use DKMS to build OOT modules at > image generation time? Seems to be a good idea. If setting up a kernel-build-system on one of the Debian GNU/Linux servers isn't an option, then this would be a second best.. Then it will be up to the user bui

Re: [Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Kernel image and OOT auto builder environment (Was: Using out of tree modules in d-i)?

2013-05-24 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 24, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Aron Xu wrote: >>> What I can think of is to do the trick in d-i, since it already has >>> the ability to retrieve and load udeb on the fly, and even prompt >>> users for missing firmware. >> >> Maybe even build them using dkms? I saw that you can make d-i build >> al

Re: [Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Kernel image and OOT auto builder environment (Was: Using out of tree modules in d-i)?

2013-05-24 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 24, 2013, at 7:04 PM, Aron Xu wrote: > and help d-i people to handle the brokenness > if a change in kernel makes the OOT module does not build This should only happen when a new major version of the kernel comes out, which means it should only happen in unstable.. And we could make it so

Kernel image and OOT auto builder environment (Was: Using out of tree modules in d-i)?

2013-05-24 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 22, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Quoting from the report of our 2009 meeting, > <20091015123106.ga16...@kyllikki.org>: >> out of tree modules >> --- >> >> After a somewhat involved discussion taking into account the FTP >> masters extreme irritation about trying

Re: ZFS support in partman-target

2013-05-22 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 22, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Joey Hess wrote: >> - debian-installer: branched "zol" from master, and reset master to >> where it was. > > joey@wren:~/src/d-i/installer>git revert > d8ef3f7047a005aced83ce77d88fb9952b3fea7e > [master 978ef6d] Revert "Add spl and zfs modules, zfsutils-udeb and >

Re: Using out of tree modules in d-i?

2013-05-22 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 22, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Linux has plenty of fine filesystems to choose from already, so this is > not a must-have. Ohhh, ouch! But I'm not going to bite... :) > Also, there are questions as to whether it would be legal. Legal as in CDDL clashes with GPL you mean? I'

Re: Commits pushed to d-i parts (base-installer, partman-zfs, partman-target and debian-installer)

2013-05-22 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 22, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Christian Perrier wrote: > Le 22/05/2013 14:07, Turbo Fredriksson a écrit : > >> But what happened to the commits, where they moved to a separate branch? > > I haven't looked closely but, in short, those that would make packages > unsuitab

Fwd: Commits pushed to d-i parts (base-installer, partman-zfs, partman-target and debian-installer)

2013-05-22 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 22, 2013, at 7:02 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Indeed, some commits probably pertain to branches (as Cyril probably > already mentioned)mostly if they depend on packages that are not in > the archive. I have tried my best to make it work even if they don't. Besides, they DO exist (most o

Commits pushed to d-i parts (base-installer, partman-zfs, partman-target and debian-installer)

2013-05-21 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
* base-installer/master commit 13a98ab09f15086c28d8080d08389e4e3012e59e Mount (bind) /proc and /sys as well on target to make sure grub-probe works correctly. Is nessesary for ZFS... * partman-zfs/master commit 1bd59bde47534f2233c683150a1ada3c99fbf71a Check if /usr is on a separate

Re: ZFS support in partman-target

2013-05-21 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 21, 2013, at 7:11 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote: > How about applying as member of the "d-i" team on Alioth, if you > already have an Alioth account? Or applying for such account if you > don't. Then push your proposed changes to the "master" branches of the > various packages they belong to.

ZFS support in partman-target

2013-05-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
The following changes since commit 938ed6c540296252c6a3c4b2807298ca4364794a: releasing version 72+squeeze1 (2011-11-13 18:55:05 +0100) are available in the git repository at: https://github.com/FransUrbo/debian-partman-target master Turbo Fredriksson (1): Support ZFS when adding

Re: Additions to grub-installer

2013-05-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 21, 2013, at 12:59 AM, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Turbo Fredriksson (1): > If / or /boot is on ZFS, then we REQUIRE zfs-initramfs. > + Find rootfstype using findfstype(). My apologies, ignore this. I found the correct way to do this in partman-zfs instead... -- To UN

Additions to grub-installer

2013-05-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
9 22:04:50 +0200) are available in the git repository at: https://github.com/FransUrbo/debian-grub-installer master Turbo Fredriksson (1): If / or /boot is on ZFS, then we REQUIRE zfs-initramfs. + Find rootfstype using findfstype(). grub-installer | 10 +++--- 1 files chang

partman-zfs changes

2013-05-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
odule shouldn't be critical but instead fail silently - zfs is not a requirenment for installation. (2013-05-12 15:20:54 +0200) are available in the git repository at: https://github.com/FransUrbo/debian-partman-zfs master Turbo Fredriksson (1): * All sub filesystems (all datasets below t

grub-installer patch

2013-05-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
aller master Turbo Fredriksson (1): Copy the whole /boot/zfs directory, not just the zpool.cache file. + That way, if there's a crypto key in there, it gets copied to. debian/changelog |7 +++ grub-installer |3 ++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

grub-installer patch 2

2013-05-15 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
ror etc). (2013-05-15 17:46:16 +0200) are available in the git repository at: https://github.com/FransUrbo/debian-grub-installer master Turbo Fredriksson (1): if $ROOT/boot/zfs doens't exist (before we try to copy the zpool.cache file), then create it. grub-installer |1 +

grub-installer patch

2013-05-15 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
com/FransUrbo/debian-grub-installer master Turbo Fredriksson (1): Make sure that 'grub-probe -t device XXX' only takes the first entry if there's multiple (as if a mirror etc). debian/changelog |7 +++ grub-installer |2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+),

base-installer modifications

2013-05-12 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
r way, have base-installer support it instead of hard coding 'main'. The following changes since commit 91c6cf5fe4c7351de4631d98bcd9aab60a43c1b5: [l10n] [SILENT_COMMIT] Commit changed/added files (2013-04-17 22:34:43 +) are available in the git repository at: https://gith

Re: partman-zfs

2013-05-11 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On May 11, 2013, at 12:25 AM, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > It seems that partman-zfs isn't quite finished. It > doesn't create a root filesystem. Only allows you to > create a volume, and on that put a root fs... > > I've added support for creating a root fs, se

Scanning disks -> crash!

2004-08-18 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
I have a problem with my SCSI system. Not really related to the d-i, but I thought maybe one here could help. I've tried the new sarge installer with the following command line (below) from my UltraSPARC-III (Blade 1000) machine. This machine have one internal FC disk (which have woody installed

Re: svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.debian.org': Connection refused

2004-08-02 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
I LIKE it. I HATE it. I LIKE it. I HATE it. I LIKE it. I HATE it. I LIKE.. EMOTIONS are SWEEPING over me!! Date: 02 Aug 2004 21:20:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Typ

Re: svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.debian.org': Connection refused

2004-08-01 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 08:01:55AM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > This is anonymous access. I can 'diff' what I have, but not > > 'update'... > > What's the URL to check it out ? I'll t

svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.debian.org': Connection refused

2004-08-01 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
This is anonymous access. I can 'diff' what I have, but not 'update'... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Software RAID setup (Was: AmigaONE && RAID install)

2004-06-07 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> * Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-28 09:02]: >> A couple of years ago I wrote a patch to give RAID install >> support to the 'debian-boot

AmigaONE && RAID install

2004-05-28 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
A couple of years ago I wrote a patch to give RAID install support to the 'debian-boot' system. It was to close to a release, so nothing happened. But now I have the exact same problem again, so I thought I'd give it a shoot. I got 'debian-installer', and are currently familiarising myself with th

Kickstarting

2001-11-28 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
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Bug#79004: SPARC/Potato] 'Wrong disk' message even though correct disk in drive

2000-12-08 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You said the message was: > > > > > > > Wrong disk! > > > > This is disk 1 of 2 in the drv14-sun4cdm series of 27-Nov-2000 13:18 EST. > > > > Wrong disk. This is from series drv14-sun4cdm. You need disk 1 of series > > > > the driver series. > > How

Bug#79004: SPARC/Potato] 'Wrong disk' message even though correct disk in drive

2000-12-07 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > - s n i p - > > Wrong disk! > > This is disk 1 of 2 in the drv14-sun4cdm series of 27-Nov-2000 13:18 EST. > > Wrong disk. This is from series drv14-sun4cdm. You need disk 1 of series > > the driver series. > > - s n i p - > > > > The m

Bug#79004: [SPARC/Potato] 'Wrong disk' message even though correct disk in drive

2000-12-07 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.20-2000-12-03 When trying to install the 'Kernel and modules', the kernel is installed from the (booted) rescue disk, but when asked to insert the modules disk 1, I get the message enclosed below. The disks are the correct ones, down loaded from ftp