Bug#941026: netcfg_gateway_reachable wrongly rejects IPv6 link-local addresses

2019-10-02 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2019-09-23 18:00, Andrew Kanaber wrote: When doing static IP configuration, netcfg will reject a gateway address outside the host's network as defined by the netmask. This is wrong for IPv6 because the gateway can legitimately be a link-local address in fe80::/64 instead of the host's networ

Bug#941300: finish-install: write random seed to correct location for chosen init system

2019-10-02 Thread Ian Campbell
On Wed, 2019-10-02 at 08:59 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 11:55 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > Wouldn't it just be easier to write it one location and replace the > > other with a symlink to it? > > Looks like neither the urandom init script nor systemd-random-seed > unlink

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread David
On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 15:56, Fred Boiteux wrote: > When launching the install of a Debian Buster 10.1 on a VM with a small > memory footprint (512Mb), I get a warning from the Debian installer > about entering in low-memory mode. I would like to have a > non-interactive installation using a prese

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Fred Boiteux, le mar. 01 oct. 2019 16:09:05 +0200, a ecrit: > d-i lowmem/low note > > Does someone can tell me which sentence is supposed to be used in preseed > file to skip this manual validation ? As suggested in the "Creating a preconfiguration file" section of the installation manual

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread john doe
On 10/2/2019 1:11 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Fred Boiteux, le mar. 01 oct. 2019 16:09:05 +0200, a ecrit: >> d-i lowmem/low note >> >> Does someone can tell me which sentence is supposed to be used in preseed >> file to skip this manual validation ? > > As suggested in the "Creating a p

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread Samuel Thibault
john doe, le mer. 02 oct. 2019 13:28:32 +0200, a ecrit: > On 10/2/2019 1:11 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Fred Boiteux, le mar. 01 oct. 2019 16:09:05 +0200, a ecrit: > >> d-i lowmem/low note > >> > >> Does someone can tell me which sentence is supposed to be used in preseed > >> fil

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread David
On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > john doe, le mer. 02 oct. 2019 13:28:32 +0200, a ecrit: > > On 10/2/2019 1:11 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Fred Boiteux, le mar. 01 oct. 2019 16:09:05 +0200, a ecrit: > > >> d-i lowmem/low note > > >> > > >> Does someone can tell me which s

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread David
On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:28, john doe wrote: > Have a look at (1). > 1) https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed#Custom_preseed_files I remember reading that document a little while ago when I first got my hands dirty attempting to preseed some VM. Regarding template files discussed in

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread Samuel Thibault
David, le mer. 02 oct. 2019 21:53:08 +1000, a ecrit: > On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Which provides the same information as the installation manual > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apbs03.en.html > > Hi Samuel > > Thanks for your work on Debian!!! > > T

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread David
On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 22:02, Samuel Thibault wrote: > David, le mer. 02 oct. 2019 21:53:08 +1000, a ecrit: > > On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Thanks for your work on Debian!!! > > Thanks for providing a link this time. > Finding the link took me the time to google for "

Bug#941300: finish-install: write random seed to correct location for chosen init system

2019-10-02 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, 2019-10-02 at 17:59 +0800, Ian Campbell wrote: > If it's going to override/shadow (as opposed to simply working > alongside/in parallel) urandom, probably it ought to also be looking > at/consuming the urandom seed? Perhaps. I'm not sure systemd upstream would be convinced though. -- by

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread Fred Boiteux
Hi Fred I do not know the answer, but I can tell you what I would try: d-i lowmem/low boolean true d-i lowmem/insufficient boolean true You can see the sentences in the code here: https://sources.debian.org/src/lowmem/1.47/debian/lowmemcheck.templates/ I showed "true" as an example. But I c

how to setup a small local Debian mirror to install a VM without an internet access

2019-10-02 Thread Fred Boiteux
    Hello, I'm trying to install automatically (using preseed) a Debian Buster 10.1 system on a VM hosted on a system without internet access, using a netboot. Thanks to Steve McIntyre explanations (see #940801), I know how to update the netboot's initrd to include the virtio_blk driver, and

Bug#935931: Re: Bug#935931: debian-installer: Reinstalling Debian on a current Debian installation without erasing or fomatting the home folder

2019-10-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 12:51:33PM -0400, Daniel wrote: > Dear Lennart, > > I hope that when one opens a "whishlist bug" at least there is a chance to > have a confrontation. > > The main point I want to address is when you do a "smart installation" it is > supposed to perform a clean installatio

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread David
On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 02:11, Fred Boiteux wrote: Previously, I wrote: > > I do not know the answer, but I can tell you what I would try: > > > > d-i lowmem/low boolean true > > d-i lowmem/insufficient boolean true I now think that my advice there was wrong. > > You can see the sentences in the

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread David
On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 13:38, David wrote: [...] Sorry, I forgot to mention that I also tried Samuel's suggestion, just for self-education purposes, to follow along and see what I can learn. On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:11, Samuel Thibault wrote: > As suggested in the "Creating a preconfiguration

Processed: block 941627 with 840248

2019-10-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > block 941627 with 840248 Bug #941627 [wnpp] ITP: grub-btrfs -- provides grub entries for btrfs snapshots (boot environments/restore points) 941627 was not blocked by any bugs. 941627 was not blocking any bugs. Added blocking bug(s) of 941627: 840

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread Fred Boiteux
    Hello David, Thanks anyway for your analyze :-)   Yes, the first sentence I've posted should work, but it doesn't ! And following your thoughts, I've noticed that this kind of debian-installer's preseed 'note' type occurs in other parts of the example preseed file, the syntax seems correct