[patch] netcfg get_all_ifs()

2009-07-06 Thread Luca Favatella
This patch substitutes Linux-specific code in get_all_ifs() using getifaddrs(). I tested this patch on (linux-)i386 trunk monolithic. It builds and seems to work without regressions. I only tested on default qemu, and the network seems to behave as usual (I didn't complete the installation, but i

[patch] libdebian-installer poll()

2009-07-06 Thread Luca Favatella
This patch solves a poll() portability issue on kfreebsd-i386, and shouldn't affect other archs. I tested this on kfreebsd-i386, solving an infinite loop. Cheers, Luca Favatella Index: debian/changelog === --- debian/changelog (.../

[patch] installer ufs initrd support (how to create a ufs filesystem as a normal user?)

2009-07-06 Thread Luca Favatella
This patch adds ufs initrd support. It was in the previous d-i kfreebsd branch, so thanks to Robert Millan. This code has the bad thing that mkfs.ufs must be executed as root, and I don't know how to create a ufs filesystem on kfreebsd without being root. Comments on how to create a ufs filesystem

hal: almost ready (was: Plans for libvolume-id?)

2009-07-06 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Cyril Brulebois (01/07/2009): > As agreed during a quick conversation on IRC (also with the > maintainer), I'm going to work on getting that library in a reasonable > shape, so that we are ready when 0.5.12 gets uploaded (which is > blocked by util-linux, e2fsprogs, udev, etc. see #528830). Which