Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-04 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 04 January 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > You have to add bandwidth to the equation. I'd guess most setups can > spare more CPU than bandwidth. Anyway, it wouldn't be a problem if they > can happen in parallel. I don't agree. For people with limited bandwidth we have alternative install

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-04 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 03:34:13PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> The worst (and most relevant here) constraint is on initrd size, and > >> that is unaffected by .deb size. > > > > Why not move it out, then? Just unpack the necessary packages in t

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The worst (and most relevant here) constraint is on initrd size, and >> that is unaffected by .deb size. > > Why not move it out, then? Just unpack the necessary packages in the target > root so that you can decompress the rest. If it's done using tha

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-04 Thread Stefano Canepa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Otavio Salvador ha scritto: | Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | |> On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Colin Watson wrote: |> |>> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:38:37PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: |>>> On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: |>>

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-04 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 02:47:21AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:38:37PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > >>On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:38:51PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > >>>Personally, I'd like to know what is the

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:38:37PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:38:51PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> Personal

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Colin Watson wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:38:37PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:38:51PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: Personally, I'd like to know what is the increase on space and mem

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:38:37PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >>On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:38:51PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >>>Personally, I'd like to know what is the increase on space and > >>>memory for adding bzcat on busybox-udeb. H

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:38:51PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: Personally, I'd like to know what is the increase on space and memory for adding bzcat on busybox-udeb. However, as said in another mail, I see no point to support differen

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:38:51PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> What packages in the base system are trying to use data.tar.bz2 at the >> >> moment?

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:38:51PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> What packages in the base system are trying to use data.tar.bz2 at the > >> moment? > > > > None, but aj noted that both debootstra

Bug#458663: Space increasement with bunzip2 [was Re: Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs]

2008-01-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Personally, I'd like to know what is the increase on space and memory > for adding bzcat on busybox-udeb. However, as said in another mail, I > see no point to support different set of features on installed and d-i > environments (from debootstrap POV)

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What packages in the base system are trying to use data.tar.bz2 at the >> moment? > > None, but aj noted that both debootstrap and cdebootstrap fail to > unpack packages using bzip2. As dak accepts dat

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/busybox-1.1.3$ grep BZIP2 debian/config-udeb >> # CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2 is not set >> >> I think this is critical for we

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We could of course make it work in debootstrap, by applying Marc's > patch, but continue to disallow it in the base system. I see no point to have something available on debootstrap that isn't allowed on base. -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 03:05:45PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What packages in the base system are trying to use data.tar.bz2 at the > > moment? > > None, but aj noted that both debootstrap and cdebootstrap fail to > unpack packages using bz

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What packages in the base system are trying to use data.tar.bz2 at the > moment? None, but aj noted that both debootstrap and cdebootstrap fail to unpack packages using bzip2. As dak accepts data.tar.bz2 now, bootstrapping could be broken by such an uploa

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:25:31AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The current debootstrap code can't handle .debs which contain a > > data.tar.bz2 instead of a data.tar.bz. Attached is a fix. > > While this works on installed system, it will

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/busybox-1.1.3$ grep BZIP2 debian/config-udeb > # CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2 is not set > > I think this is critical for we commit, or not, this patch. Actually, the way the patch i

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 11:52:01AM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > The current debootstrap code can't handle .debs which contain a > data.tar.bz2 instead of a data.tar.bz. Attached is a fix. Is it desirable for anything in the base system to use data.tar.bz2, though? Relying on this would a

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: debootstrap > Version: 1.0.6 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > The current debootstrap code can't handle .debs which contain a > data.tar.bz2 instead of a data.tar.bz. Attached is a fix. While this works on installed syste

Bug#458663: Missing support for data.tar.bz2-based debs

2008-01-02 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.6 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, The current debootstrap code can't handle .debs which contain a data.tar.bz2 instead of a data.tar.bz. Attached is a fix. Marc diff -Nwru debootstrap-1.0.7/debian/control debootstrap-1.0.7.he/debian/control --- debootstrap-1.