Re: Bug#776346: libpcap: build udeb for use in debian-installer

2015-09-13 Thread Michael Gilbert
Hi Romain, On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Romain Francoise wrote: > libpcap is special because it's very close to the kernel; once it gets > used in the d-i environment the burden of keeping it working there will > fall on me. It's fortunate that the udeb design is so simple then. Each effectiv

Re: Bug#776346: libpcap: build udeb for use in debian-installer

2015-09-08 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Romain Francoise wrote: > [...] the burden of keeping it working there will fall on me. kfreebsd not being a release architecture any more, means any future FTBFS shouldn't stall testing migrations, at least. If udeb-blocks are ever an issue, I imagine KiBi could allow an exception for a udeb th

Re: Bug#776346: libpcap: build udeb for use in debian-installer

2015-09-07 Thread Romain Francoise
Hi, On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 09:33:15PM +0200, Michael Gilbert wrote: > Building the udeb package itself is effectively trivial, so the > possibility for non-trivial consequences seems somewhat unlikely. libpcap is special because it's very close to the kernel; once it gets used in the d-i environ

Re: Bug#776346: libpcap: build udeb for use in debian-installer

2015-09-06 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Romain Francoise wrote: > On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 09:04:58AM +0200, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> I've uploaded an nmu to delayed/10 applying these changes. See >> attached patch. Please let me know if I should delay longer. > > Please cancel this NMU. Building a udeb