Re: perl necessary for debootstrap, why?

2021-06-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 21:54:16 +0200, RhineDevil wrote: >I've looked up /usr/share/debootstrap/functions and I've seen some perl code >Can I know why perl is a requirement if pkgdetails.c is not found? >What does this code do exactly and why wasn't it translated to shell? As far as I remember, the p

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 01:16:44 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. >Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > >I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. >I don't really ne

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside (2021-06-05 07:16:44) > Hi ! > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > I don't really nee

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 8:08 AM Marc Haber wrote: > I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary > non-free blob is already needed to boot the box There is a free replacement for the binary non-free blob here: https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware/ Unfortunately

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 4:08 a.m., Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 01:16:44 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. >> Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). >> >> I know about the Raspberry PI

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 04:39:08AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > I do agree that the Raspberry is able to run up to 4 Gb, but there's > other board too. (to 8 actually) -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Christoph Biedl
Marc Haber wrote... > I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary > non-free blob is already needed to boot the box even if one doesn't > need/use the GPU after booting, but it is reasonably common that > people care about their software on the platform, and it's also > a

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 11:22:46AM +0530, Siji Sunny wrote: > > Hi ! > > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > > I don't r

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Paul Sutton
On 05/06/2021 09:46, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 04:39:08AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: I do agree that the Raspberry is able to run up to 4 Gb, but there's other board too. (to 8 actually) Yes I agree on 8, the Raspberry pi 400 is still 4gb though,

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 4:50 a.m., Christoph Biedl wrote: > Marc Haber wrote... > >> I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary >> non-free blob is already needed to boot the box even if one doesn't >> need/use the GPU after booting, but it is reasonably common that >> people

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside (2021-06-05 13:33:20) > I saw a board on AliExpress that offer some AllWonder A33 with 1 or > 2Gb RAM for a really good price. Since you asked on a Debian mailinglist, beware that not all ARM boards sold on AliBaba is supported in Debian. Also, company is

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 07:33:20AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-05 4:50 a.m., Christoph Biedl wrote: > > Marc Haber wrote... > > > >> I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary > >> non-free blob is already needed to boot the box ev

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 05 iun 21, 01:16:44, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi ! > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > I don't reall

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On 2021-06-05 15:04:45 +0300 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] > For a cheap board now I'd probably go for a ROCK64 (USB3 instead > of USB2), or even a RockPro64 (better CPU, PCIe, unfortunately > limited to 4 GB RAM). > > Heating could also be an issue under load, so you should consider > gett

Re: perl necessary for debootstrap, why?

2021-06-05 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 10:03:55AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 21:54:16 +0200, RhineDevil > wrote: > >I've looked up /usr/share/debootstrap/functions and I've seen some perl code > >What does this code do exactly and why wasn't it translated to shell? > Writing it in shell would

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 04:39:08 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >I always appreciate all opinions. But what I surely dislike is people >that put others option down to raiser their own. If that was targeted at me, duly noted. I will refrain from spending time with your requests in the fu

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 10:50:20 +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: >Marc Haber wrote... >> I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary >> non-free blob is already needed to boot the box even if one doesn't >> need/use the GPU after booting, but it is reasonably common that >> peop

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 03:04:45PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Any of the boards from pine64.org should do and as far as I know have > quite good support (i.e. there are Debian Installer images for them) and > all are 64 bit ;) +1 to pine64 gear. > The PINE A64+ (2 GB RAM) is very stable for

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 12:24 p.m., Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 04:39:08 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> I always appreciate all opinions. But what I surely dislike is people >> that put others option down to raiser their own. > > If that was targeted at me, duly noted. I

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 1:01 p.m., Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 03:04:45PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> Any of the boards from pine64.org should do and as far as I know have >> quite good support (i.e. there are Debian Installer images for them) and >> all are 64 bit ;) > > +1 to

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 01:19:10PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Does the RPi4 is totally 64 bit ? Does using arm64 (as described on https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi and https://raspi.debian.net/) count or are you asking about something on top of that? -- WBR, wRAR signatur

Bug#989514: ITP: golang-github-disiqueira-gotree -- A Tree printer module written in GoLang

2021-06-05 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Reinhard Tartler * Package name: golang-github-disiqueira-gotree Version : 3.0.2-1 Upstream Author : Diego Siqueira * URL : https://github.com/disiqueira/gotree * License : Expat Programming Lang: Go Description :

Bug#989515: ITP: golang-github-jinzhu-copier -- Deepcopy for golang, copy value from struct to struct and more

2021-06-05 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Reinhard Tartler * Package name: golang-github-jinzhu-copier Version : 0.3.2-1 Upstream Author : Jinzhu * URL : https://github.com/jinzhu/copier * License : Expat Programming Lang: Go Description : Deep copy value

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 4:28 PM Marc Haber wrote: > I haven't advanced to package cross-building yet. Some resources related to that: http://crossqa.debian.net/ https://wiki.debian.org/CrossCompiling -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise