Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2 [rfc patch]

2013-04-18 Thread Vincent McIntyre
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:16:54AM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > > Hokay. Below is a very rough patch. v2 has a couple of the rough edges knocked off... diff --git a/debian/grub-installer.templates b/debian/grub-installer.templates index 888a656..ad840ce 100644 --- a/debian/grub-installer.tem

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2 [rfc patch]

2013-04-18 Thread Vincent McIntyre
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 02:51:07PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Vincent McIntyre (08/04/2013): > > May I remind people about #696877 (when installing from USB stick, > > grub writes the MBR to the wrong device - the USB stick). > > > > I think this problem has been around in some form or othe

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2

2013-04-08 Thread Vincent McIntyre
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 02:51:07PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Vincent McIntyre (08/04/2013): > > May I remind people about #696877 (when installing from USB stick, > > grub writes the MBR to the wrong device - the USB stick). > > > > I think this problem has been around in some form or othe

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2

2013-04-08 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 21:57:57 +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > I have looked into this myself but the grub-installer code is too > complex for me to debug, it needs someone more familiar with all the > corner cases in the code. > It rather needs someone willing to familiarize themselves with t

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2

2013-04-08 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Vincent McIntyre (08/04/2013): > May I remind people about #696877 (when installing from USB stick, > grub writes the MBR to the wrong device - the USB stick). > > I think this problem has been around in some form or other in squeeze > (eg #666974) and possibly before and I really think it needs

re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2

2013-04-08 Thread Vincent McIntyre
(please cc: me, not subscribed) May I remind people about #696877 (when installing from USB stick, grub writes the MBR to the wrong device - the USB stick). I think this problem has been around in some form or other in squeeze (eg #666974) and possibly before and I really think it needs fixing.

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2

2013-04-07 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2013-04-07 13:23, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hello folks, > > here's another set of queries. > > Please hurry those into testing: > - apt-setup/1:0.79 > l10n + apt-setup/multiarch unbreakage. Even if AFAICT it's > undocumented, keeping nonworking cruft looks like a bad idea > sin