Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I like the idea while I keep in my mind that Joey had some reasons to >> dislike the udeb building from kernel source. I don't remember which > > He dislikes it, because he then will have less control over the .udeb content. > But the one archive-per-kern

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 09:27:10AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > Yeah. You know we stopped doing this kind of stuff for the kernel > >> > package over > >> > a year ago, and probably for a reason, don't you think ? > >> > >> We stopped doing th

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Yeah. You know we stopped doing this kind of stuff for the kernel package >> > over >> > a year ago, and probably for a reason, don't you think ? >> >> We stopped doing that for kernel packages. The problem here is that, >> without doing that the bin

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 09:05:24AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Maybe the installer kernel would have the release version on the > >> package name and then it wouldn't be remove from the suite until the > >> next version. e.g: > >> > >> - linux-i

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-06 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Maybe the installer kernel would have the release version on the >> package name and then it wouldn't be remove from the suite until the >> next version. e.g: >> >> - linux-image-d-i-4.0-rc1 > > So you prefer ugly hacked solution over cleant and neat on

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:37:51PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> >> The biggest problem here is that will looks like we'll support all > >> >> those combinations regarting security and also bug fixing and this > >> >> won't be true... that can be us

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> The biggest problem here is that will looks like we'll support all >> >> those combinations regarting security and also bug fixing and this >> >> won't be true... that can be used if it stay just as a sid resource... >> > >> > Since the problem of movi

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 03:11:08PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:34:02AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >> Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > - the kernel modules in a separate archive, of which there would b

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:34:02AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > - the kernel modules in a separate archive, of which there would be one >> > by >> > kernel version (upstream+abi), so as to keep d-i im

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:34:02AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > - the kernel modules in a separate archive, of which there would be one by > > kernel version (upstream+abi), so as to keep d-i images alive even when > > new kernel versions are

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed >> devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using >> another group of packages would make both worlds happy and make both >> team lives easier. One wouldn't affect the othe

Regarding: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-04 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 03-11-2006 om 03:03 schreef Frans Pop: > On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a > > comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. > > I did not say that _I_ needed to be asked, I said it needed

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 09:24:28PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > Yeah, but adding them to the image is not always the best solution, loading > > afterward may be a better way. > > > > Also, there may be another future for .udebs out there than just for d-i > > use, > > altough i know the d-i f

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 12:39:50AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 03 November 2006 23:51, Sven Luther wrote: > > Bah, i can commit to debian-cd, and now that i know about this fact, if > > ever a .udeb i asked is out there, i will naturally add it to the > > blacklist. > > No, sorry that was

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 04 November 2006 01:24, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed >> devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using >> another group of packages would make both worlds happy and m

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 04 November 2006 01:24, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed > devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using > another group of packages would make both worlds happy and make both > team lives easier. One wouldn't a

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Well, it's trivial but the team need to be aware of those >> modifications otherwise it can take a while to discover useless udebs >> that are being include on the image. Currently there's no automatic CD >> testing tool to try to figure those mistakes ou

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 03 November 2006 23:51, Sven Luther wrote: > Bah, i can commit to debian-cd, and now that i know about this fact, if > ever a .udeb i asked is out there, i will naturally add it to the > blacklist. No, sorry that was not the intention. Having everybody committing uncoordinated changes t

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 07:04:03PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > I really would like to understand what is the rationale behind this. > >> > Adding a > >> > .udeb into the archive, if it is not part of the image, and not loaded > >> > by d-i, >

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I really would like to understand what is the rationale behind this. >> > Adding a >> > .udeb into the archive, if it is not part of the image, and not loaded by >> > d-i, >> > can hardly have any influence on d-i. >> >> Not exactly. When we're build

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:34:53PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > >> On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >> > There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug repor

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >> On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> > There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a >> > comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. >

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:54:39AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 03 November 2006 11:33, Sven Luther wrote: > > Ah, i thought there was some automatic tool, or whatever, so much for > > me, next time i will make sure to CC debian-boot or something, that > > Please discuss it on the list _bef

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 03 November 2006 11:33, Sven Luther wrote: > Ah, i thought there was some automatic tool, or whatever, so much for > me, next time i will make sure to CC debian-boot or something, that Please discuss it on the list _before_ you file a bug report. > said i was kill-filled by most of you

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:18:09AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 03 November 2006 08:29, Sven Luther wrote: > > I tagged the bug d-i, i think, which should have been enough to attract > > your attention. At least this is how i understood the issue. > > No, it is not. I don't get some kind of

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 03 November 2006 08:29, Sven Luther wrote: > I tagged the bug d-i, i think, which should have been enough to attract > your attention. At least this is how i understood the issue. No, it is not. I don't get some kind of automatic notification by email for bugs tagged d-i. > Or don't yo

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a > > comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. > > I did not say that _I_ needed to be asked,

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: > There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a > comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. I did not say that _I_ needed to be asked, I said it needed to be discussed on the debian-boot list first, esp

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Daniel, > > I am glad you took this to the debian-boot mailing list as Sven Luther, > who currently is not even a member of the Debian Installer team, filed > this request without discussing it on the debian-boot list first. > As such, this is an "un

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:54:25PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Eddy Petrișor wrote: > > No, is not luck, just that all udebs which could be used are added to > > the pool of binaries which need symbols, AFAICT: > > No, the code you qouted is specific to building floppy disk images. > > As I said be

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
Eddy Petrișor wrote: > No, is not luck, just that all udebs which could be used are added to > the pool of binaries which need symbols, AFAICT: No, the code you qouted is specific to building floppy disk images. As I said before, once d-i has access to the installation media, it loads the full li

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Frans Pop
Hello Daniel, I am glad you took this to the debian-boot mailing list as Sven Luther, who currently is not even a member of the Debian Installer team, filed this request without discussing it on the debian-boot list first. As such, this is an "unauthorized" request. On Tuesday 31 October 2006 2

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Joey Hess
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > If they did that, you could just wget a full GDB binary. It doesn't > need anything else in the package besides the executable. But I don't > think d-i does what you describe (since I tried to use this approach > for strace recently, and there were missing symbols in li

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:09:46PM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sven Luther wrote: > > My impression is that d-i loads the full libraries later on, or something > > such. > > AFAIK, this never happens. The reduction is done mainly for the thing

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:06:12PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > A version of gdb as .udeb, which could easily be loaded inside the d-i would > be very useful for developers. This would come in handy to debug various bugs > which are otherwise hard to track, like crashes in the graphical installer, >

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:30:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > So, i am not entirely sure how d-i handles the case at hand here, where > libraries are part of the actual image, but symbols are removed during > reduction, because they are not needed by the .udebs in the image, but they > are needed

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:09:46PM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Sven Luther wrote: >>> My impression is that d-i loads the full libraries later on, or something >>> such. >>

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:30:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: >> So, i am not entirely sure how d-i handles the case at hand here, where >> libraries are part of the actual image, but symbols are removed during >> reduction, b

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:36:54AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:30:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > So, i am not entirely sure how d-i handles the case at hand here, where > > libraries are part of the actual image, but symbols are removed during > > reduction, bec

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:05:26AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:06:12PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: >>> A version of gdb as .udeb, which could easily be loaded inside the d-i would >>> be very useful

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:05:26AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:06:12PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > A version of gdb as .udeb, which could easily be loaded inside the d-i would > > be very useful for developers. This would come in handy to debug various > > bugs >