On Fri Dec 01, 2000 at 07:25:15PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Now that I have a first pass at the woody debian-installer busybox
> > package out there, I now need to make another package to satisfy the
> > woody boot-floppies.
>
> Well, there mig
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now that I have a first pass at the woody debian-installer busybox
> package out there, I now need to make another package to satisfy the
> woody boot-floppies.
Well, there might be other uses for a proper .deb of the package,
i.e., embedded systems an
On Tue Nov 14, 2000 at 03:12:27PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >
> > Well, I already have an install.sh script. If I provide the busybox.links
> > file that is generated at compile time then this would work just fine.
> > Then I could simply install /bin/busybox and /usr/bin/install_busybox.sh
Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > - documentation [UNCLAIMED}
> > Not started.
> I'm willing to help on this.
> How do I start ?
I think we need to hold off on this until we have something user-level to
document. Unless you want to help with the design docs.
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Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue Nov 14, 2000 at 11:09:06AM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > I am after all making this .deb exclusively for you for the woody boot
> > > floppies, so if you have any preferences, by all means le
Please don't email me directly and not CC the list. Most of the
actual work is done by folks who are *not* me.
Matt Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm sorry, I may be WAY off here,I haven't been watching the list
> too closely lately, what exactly is busybox being used for?
Lots of
On Tue Nov 14, 2000 at 11:09:06AM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I am after all making this .deb exclusively for you for the woody boot
> > floppies, so if you have any preferences, by all means let me know. The above
> > seemed like an arrangement
Matt Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm not sure whether this would fit, but wouldn't it be a lot
> easier to put /usr/lib/busybox/* as the first directory in the PATH
> environment?
Hmm. It's kinda hard to control this variable since apps and such are
starting from init at boot. But
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am after all making this .deb exclusively for you for the woody boot
> floppies, so if you have any preferences, by all means let me know. The above
> seemed like an arrangement that would satisfy the policy hounds while still
> giving you what you w
On Mon Nov 13, 2000 at 10:09:47PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Sun Nov 12, 2000 at 03:11:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > > Will means be provided to create the requisite symlinks in /usr/bin ?
>
> > I am open to suggestions on exactly what
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun Nov 12, 2000 at 03:11:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > Will means be provided to create the requisite symlinks in /usr/bin ?
> I am open to suggestions on exactly what you want things to like
> like for woody. With the latest busybox, all s
On Sun Nov 12, 2000 at 03:11:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >
> > Once Erik uploads busybox udebs, he will also be uploading the source,
> > and I think a regular .deb with busybox packaged for a regular system.
> > So the boot-floppies can use either of those.
>
> Ok, so in woody we'll be u
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > > I claim this one. (btw, it is "Andersen" not "Anderson" :-). When the new
> > > dpkg-dev arrives, I will get an initial set of .udebs uploaded within a day or
> > > by Tuesday -- whichever comes later.
> >
> > Ok -- now, what i
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jérôme Marant) writes:
> What is the prefered DTD among the following :
> DebianDoc-SGML
> Docbook-SGML
> Docbook-XML
Probably Debiandoc is. Unless there is some reason why you need
docbook (i.e., you need to include images or tables).
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Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > I claim this one. (btw, it is "Andersen" not "Anderson" :-). When the new
> > dpkg-dev arrives, I will get an initial set of .udebs uploaded within a day or
> > by Tuesday -- whichever comes later.
>
> Ok -- now, what is the plan for busybox/boot-floppies/woody ?
>
>
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed Nov 01, 2000 at 08:11:52PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > - busybox integration [Erik Anderson?]
> > Not started. Busybox needs to build one or more .udebs.
> > Probably more than one.
>
> I claim this one. (btw, it is
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - documentation [UNCLAIMED}
> Not started.
I'm willing to help on this.
How do I start ?
What is the prefered DTD among the following :
DebianDoc-SGML
Docbook-SGML
Docbook-XML
Thanks.
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> It's be easier to contact them if you gave their e-mail
> Anyhow, Aj and Randolph: please feel free to contact me. I've some
> curses experience (wrote a few curses program, wrote a curses article
> on www.iglu.org.il).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for me, and [EMAIL PROTECTED] for AJ.
check out the stu
> I never thought we'd be able to fit *all* the nic drivers in the kernel.
> The nic drivers supported by the potato compact floppies seems like a good
> start. (Can you check how bug that set is?)
compact has a lot of net drivers built as modules actually. the built in
ones are:
3c905 (Vortex
Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:30:33PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> > > > - kernel module udebs [UNCLAIMED]
> > > > Not started. We will need various sets of kernel modules;
> > > > one such set is NIC driver
> - retreiver control program [UNCLAIMED]
> Not started. Sort of like apt, except tons dumber, this
> uses retreiver(s) to download Packages files and then udebs,
> and calls udpkg to install them.
> - http retreiver [UNCLAMED]
>
Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> I wrote this code (mklibs.sh), so I am probably qualified, although I have
> the same problems to fix bugs in it as everyone else[1]. It's rather involved.
> I don't really have the time to claim this alone, but I would handle bug reports.
I'm putting you down as the con
Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> The base kernel takes 385K and all the net drivers take 575K. It essentialy
> means it is a two floppy install (unless there is someway a user could choose
> only the drivers he/she needs). It is a catch-22 here.. We need to know the
> NIC card to choose the dr
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 08:11:52PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> - library reduction [UNCLAIMED]
> Not started. There is code in the boot-floppies that may
> be usable, but this is one of the hardest parts.
I wrote this code (mklibs.sh), so I am probably qualified, a
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:02:50AM -0500, Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> Just some prior info:
>
> The base kernel takes 385K and all the net drivers take 575K. It essentialy
> means it is a two floppy install (unless there is someway a user could choose
> only the drivers he/she needs). It
On Wed Nov 01, 2000 at 10:57:47PM -0700, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > > - http retreiver [UNCLAMED]
> > > Not started. Download udebs, other files from network.
> > I claim this one as well. This will be based on busybox wget. I presume we
> > will also need support for other types of r
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:30:33PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> > > - kernel module udebs [UNCLAIMED]
> > > Not started. We will need various sets of kernel modules;
> > > one such set is NIC drivers. Each set goes in a udeb; there
> > >
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Joey Hess wrote:
> How you can help:
>
> * Aj and Randolph need someone, especially someone who knows curses well,
> to help with cdebconf.
It's be easier to contact them if you gave their e-mail
Anyhow, Aj and Randolph: please feel free to contact me. I've some
curses ex
Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> > - kernel module udebs [UNCLAIMED]
> > Not started. We will need various sets of kernel modules;
> > one such set is NIC drivers. Each set goes in a udeb; there
> > probably has to be a system to build the whole kernel and
Joey Hess wrote:
> > >- retreiver control program [UNCLAIMED]
>
> There are several parts to this, and it probably needs some more thought. The
> obvious part is it has to be able to parse Packages files and cause a subset of
> the packages listed to be downloaded and installed. The non
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 08:11:52PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > - disk partitioner [UNCLAIMED]
> > Not started. Some kind of a UI to let the user partition their
> > disks and decide what the partitions are used for.
>
> I'd kind of
> - kernel module udebs [UNCLAIMED]
> Not started. We will need various sets of kernel modules;
> one such set is NIC drivers. Each set goes in a udeb; there
> probably has to be a system to build the whole kernel and
> udebs.
I already
> Why curses? Aren't we sticking with slang's pic library?
when i brought this up joeyh suggested that i stick with the subset of
curses that is supported by slang (slcurses.h) so that we have the
flexibility to use either... that's still the plan, although if it's
easier to do "real slang" we c
> > - http retreiver [UNCLAMED]
> > Not started. Download udebs, other files from network.
> I claim this one as well. This will be based on busybox wget. I presume we
> will also need support for other types of retrievers? ftp? cdrom? nfsmount?
> mounted filesystem?
joey's r
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 08:11:52PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> - disk partitioner [UNCLAIMED]
> Not started. Some kind of a UI to let the user partition their
> disks and decide what the partitions are used for.
> - disk formatter [UNCLAIMED]
> N
Erik Andersen wrote:
> > - busybox integration [Erik Anderson?]
> > Not started. Busybox needs to build one or more .udebs.
> > Probably more than one.
>
> I claim this one. (btw, it is "Andersen" not "Anderson" :-).
That'll teach me to not cut and paste names alwa
On Wed Nov 01, 2000 at 08:11:52PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> - busybox integration [Erik Anderson?]
> Not started. Busybox needs to build one or more .udebs.
> Probably more than one.
I claim this one. (btw, it is "Andersen" not "Anderson" :-). When the new
dpk
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [ For those folks in debian-devel who don't know, the debian-installer
> project is an effort to write a new Debian installer, with a modular
> package-based design somewhat like Debian itself. Docs at
> http://cvs.debian.org/debian-installer/doc/ ]
[ For those folks in debian-devel who don't know, the debian-installer
project is an effort to write a new Debian installer, with a modular
package-based design somewhat like Debian itself. Docs at
http://cvs.debian.org/debian-installer/doc/ ]
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