Re: [DRAFT v2] Policy for Linux kernel, initramfs, boot loader update process

2010-07-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
eed to interact with the user doing the installation. At this point, we should be "liberal in what we accept", I think. manoj -- The more things change, the more they'll never be the same again. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 4096R/C5779A1C E37E

Re: linux-headers-2.6.33-2-amd64 (2.6.33-1~experimental.3) uninstallable

2010-04-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, Apr 11 2010, maximilian attems wrote: > On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> The kernel team has made their level of commitment >> clear, as is proper. Indeed, I don't expect the kernel team to support >> either non-debian sources, nor _any

Re: linux-headers-2.6.33-2-amd64 (2.6.33-1~experimental.3) uninstallable

2010-04-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, Apr 11 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-11 at 11:12 -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 11 2010, maximilian attems wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:13:15AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >> >> >>

Re: linux-headers-2.6.33-2-amd64 (2.6.33-1~experimental.3) uninstallable

2010-04-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, Apr 11 2010, maximilian attems wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:13:15AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >> Seriously, I use nvidia non-free drivers as well. I can affirm >> that I can pull from stable, or Linus' tree, and build kernel images >&g

Re: linux-headers-2.6.33-2-amd64 (2.6.33-1~experimental.3) uninstallable

2010-04-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
pend-to-version=-$ev modules_image ` Once you have your variant of .compile_command, building kernels and nvidia packages is painless :-) manoj -- Exceptions prove the rule, and wreck the budget. Miller Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 4096R/C5779A

Re: Processed: cloning 568317, reassign -1 to kernel-package

2010-02-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Feb 15 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 20:13 -0800, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This is a duplicate of Bug#568823, already reported by the OP, >> and already tagged pending. Secondly, none of these bugs actually exist &g

Re: Processed: cloning 568317, reassign -1 to kernel-package

2010-02-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
be a bit less hair trigger about assigning bugs to k-p? Thanks, manoj -- "We've got everyone convinced except the people who have to make the decision." name withheld by request Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 4096R/C5779A1C E37E 5EC5 2A01

Re: Bug#561287: kernel-package: postinst script looks for incorrect kernel image filename

2009-12-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. manoj -- It's amazing how many people you could be friends with if only they'd make the first approach. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@

Re: Linux image packages going to depend on python

2009-11-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
iting /etc/fstab? makes it easier to test the script out without altering current setup. manoj -- There's such a thing as too much point on a pencil. Allen Smith, "Let the Crabgrass Grow" Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F

Re: Custom Kernel Building in Debian

2009-11-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
sources. The upstream deb-pkg is nice and all, but does not offer the same functionality as kernel-package does. -- Most people prefer certainty to truth. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNS

Re: Custom Kernel Building in Debian

2009-11-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
anoj -- If graphics hackers are so smart, why can't they get the bugs out of fresh paint? Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Bug#523735: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: please consider supporting the experimental kernel-package out of the box

2009-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
for Lenny backports, and the ongoing support for >= 12.001 < 12.018 generated images is not important enough to spend more time on this. manoj -- Keep America beautiful. Swallow your beer cans. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D0

Bug#523735: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: please consider supporting the experimental kernel-package out of the box

2009-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
to get the right > version won't work, since we might install kernel images built with > different versions of kernel-package). > > Would this work? I hope so. In any case, kernel-package is getting behind this proposal. manoj -- All constants are variables

Bug#523735: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: please consider supporting the experimental kernel-package out of the box

2009-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e to create packages that just contain conffiles in /etc/kernel/, and who provide the virtual package kpkg-image-conf, and have all kernel-package image packages Recommend the virtual package. This way, the user will not be impacted by the inability of the initramfs-tools package's conffile

Re: Processed: Re: Bug#535166: security.debian.org: fails to upgrade the kernel, when the kernel lies on hde

2009-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
brewed scripts now. Reassigning to linux-2.6, which ought to be the right palce. Thanks manoj -- Q: What's the difference betweeen USL and the Graf Zeppelin? A: The Graf Zeppelin represented cutting edge technology for its time. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.de

Re: Bug#524442: Bug#515258: hal hangs with 2.6.29-rc5

2009-04-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
st-aid stopped short of squirting soda water. P.G. Wodehouse Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

Re: Bug#524534: initramfs-tools: returns error when attempting to remove an already removed initrd

2009-04-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
postinst script should probably ignore errors caused by trying to remove the initramfs metadata. manoj -- This login session: $13.76, but for you $11.88. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Bug#523735: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: please consider supporting the experimental kernel-package out of the box

2009-04-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
around it. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

New version of kernel-package now in unstable

2009-04-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e need not be tied to linux-2.6. In any case, official kernels are no longer supported as of k-p 12.001. manoj -- "Bug #523423: Plesase Remove bitchx from the archive. Full of crap." - Debian BTS Manoj Srivastava <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C pri

Bug#365349: [c24657f] Fix for Bug#365349 committed to git

2009-04-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
tags 365349 +pending thanks Hi, The following change has been committed for this bug by Manoj Srivastava on Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:02:20 -0500. The fix will be in the next upload. = Add a "debuginfo" pac

Re: Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-04-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
es in the morning to watch himself keep on dying. Henry S. Haskins Manoj Srivastava <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
when itis passed two arguments and only run when it has been passed one is an unholy hack that should not pass muster of draft policy. manoj -- This fortune is dedicated to your mother, without whose invaluable assistance last night would never have been possible. Manoj Srivast

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
, then so be it. But _that_ is what should be under discussion, not how popular things are. manoj -- The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. Manoj Srivastava <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Apr 01 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 01 2009, Frans Pop wrote: >>> (i.e. is there any reason to _add_ support for it in deb-pkg or in >>> whatever the kernel team is planning)? >> >> I think so. If we do sta

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
g packages, here. >> linux-2.6 make deb-pkg should have it's postinst fixed and should work >> standalone that is the main point and greatest bonus. > > I don't understand what you're saying here. I actually _like_ the simple > hook script mechanism of deb-pkg a

Re: Bug#522095: kernel build fails, because zlib.h is missing

2009-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
gt; kernel-package? > > don't use k-p, known broken. Bullshit. manoj -- "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine." Patti Smith Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
manoj -- Just don't make the '9' format pack/unpack numbers... :-) Larry Wall in <199710091434.haa00...@wall.org> Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Apr 01 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> I think this is best held on -devel, since a wider audience will >> benefit from this. > > I've replied to d-kernel, but thanks for this "heads up" to d-devel. > If there is s

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ript not to trigger for some image packages and not others? Traditionally, you passed --initrd to make-kpkg to trigger the call to initrd; but now that we are thinking of different drivers than make-kpkg, how is this information stored and sent to the script? I think tha

Re: Standardizing use of kernel hook scripts

2009-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e responsible for creating/updating symlinks, although that's > always a tough one as you might want symlinks updated for official > kernels but not for custom built ones (or use different symlinks for > custom kernels); the suggested "source" envvar could help there > - provide a shell library file with functions to implement some of the > ideas mentioned above manoj -- I am a man: nothing human is alien to me. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

reassign 519908 to linux-2.6

2009-03-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
reassign 519908 linux-2.6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-02-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Feb 18 2009, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 12:14:49AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This is a heads up for a major change in kernel-package, the >> tool to create user packaged kernel images and headers; which will >&g

Re: Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-02-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
rove robustness. manoj -- Love may laugh at locksmiths, but he has a profound respect for money bags. Sidney Paternoster, "The Folly of the Wise" Manoj Srivastava <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- T

Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-02-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
.abo.fi Manoj Srivastava <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Bug#506711: kernel-package: [sparc] no longer produces compressed kernels for linux-2.6

2008-11-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Fixed version in Incoming now. (Bastian: turnaround time: 18 hours from bug report). many thanks to Niko Tyni for the details. manoj -- Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief. William Faulkner Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <htt

Re: Bug#502792: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs-kpkg ignores UMASK setting

2008-10-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
nough to be an Engineer, then you're in Business. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#370651: closed by maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: kernel-headers are missing infrastructure needed to build modules with kernel-package)

2007-11-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
find that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort." -The Phantom Tollbooth Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUB

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
shops have people competent enough to add in self compiled kernels, and image them through the server farm, or set up their own local apt repo. It is the people in the middle who might not be able to deal with it. manoj -- Say "twenty-three-skiddoo" to lo

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
card), I do appreciate your caring for user freedoms and dropping this driver. thanks for doing the right thing, even if it means I can't use lan0. manoj -- I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot. George Bernard Shaw Manoj Srivast

Re: Bug#425056: strange default for link_in_boot in config script

2007-09-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
n any changelog or NEWS I searched. > Is this a kernel-package bug? Unlikely. kernel-package always runs the sed substitutions in order. manoj -- The flow chart is a most thoroughly oversold piece of program documentation. Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month" Man

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
that Joerg's time should > be spent that way, TBH -- but that not up to me :) Indeed. Maintainers should be doing this on their own. And, if there is a mistake, they should be willing to correct it when it is pointed out to them. manoj -- "Unix: a moment of conven

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ng list posts -- I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 92

Re: Debian kernel packaging: changes forthcoming in kernel-package 11.x

2007-05-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 3 May 2007 19:15:00 +0200, maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, 02 May 2007, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Wed, 2 May 2007 23:18:28 +0200, maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: >> >> > heya manoj, you didn't res

Re: Debian kernel packaging: changes forthcoming in kernel-package 11.x

2007-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
anged? > On Wed, 02 May 2007, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Wed, 2 May 2007 10:11:11 +0200, maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: >> >> > the default one unless other specified. >> >> Which generator is the default one? Right now, w

Re: [Yaird-devel] Debian kernel packaging: changes forthcoming in kernel-package 11.x

2007-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
arts. thanks manoj -- The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to itI can resist everything but temptation. -- Oscar Wilde Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian kernel packaging: changes forthcoming in kernel-package 11.x

2007-05-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
including these examples into the kernel image packages, even if there is some duplication on disk of these small examples, at least while the transition is still going on. manoj -- The PINK SOCKS were ORIGINALLY from 1952!! But they went to MARS around 1953!! Manoj Srivastava <[EM

Re: Bug#420245: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: uninstalled kernels are not removed from /var/lib/initramfs-tools

2007-04-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
plateau." Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

New bugfix release of kernel-package

2007-03-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
8-6, but it writes 2.6.18-7 to buildinfo.gz, which is misleading.)(Closes: #412589). -- Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 1 Mar 2007 02:14:00 -0600 -- Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, Jr. Manoj Srivastava <[EM

Bug#409240: Kernel and initrd image symlinks aren't updated properly

2007-01-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
links; the seconf one follows every link in the path, without requiring it to exist, or caring if it is a real file. manoj -- The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4

Bug#408910: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: linux-image postinst breaks debconf by writing to stdout

2007-01-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
package, they need to be fixed. Thanks. manoj -- Damnable, both sides rogue. -- Shakespeare Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: linux-2.6 build problems due to kernel-package

2007-01-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
t k-p code, but seems like linux-2.6 code. But, of course, k-p is to blame, and must be removed from the build process. Why do I even bother? manoj -- "Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable." Robert G. Ingersoll Manoj Srivastava <[

Re: linux-2.6 build problems due to kernel-package

2007-01-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
It is not at all apparent to me that kernel-package is as buggy as it would appear from the tone above. For example, what is the current problem with k-p, in your view? manoj -- When the game-master smiles, it's already too late. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www

Bug#364671: Processed: reassign 364671 to kernel-package

2007-01-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 20:28:27 +0100, maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 01:02:31PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Umm, this bug has nothing to do with kernel-package, as far as I >> can tell. The control file that k-p uses has the co

Re: Processed: reassign 364671 to kernel-package

2007-01-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
itself. manoj -- I'm having BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS about the INSIPID WIVES of smug and wealthy CORPORATE LAWYERS ... Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSU

Re: Bug#396422: Bug#337779: marked as done (release-notes do not suggest re-running lilo)

2006-12-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
his is not true. Your kernel-img.conf has an inpact -- kernel-img.conf is looked at upon installation, not at build time. manoj -- Alex Haley was adopted! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 2

Re: 2.6.19, kernel-package problems and what are our plans for etch ...

2006-12-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:26:57 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sven Luther wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 09:35:56AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> What architecture line are we talking about here? Is there a bug >>> report number I can

Re: 2.6.19, kernel-package problems and what are our plans for etch ...

2006-12-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
about 30% at worst. > - build target needs 30 minutes on ppc. > - binary-arch target needs another 30 minutes. My own routine > needs less than 10. I'd be happy to look at why bits of the build process take longer than a raw build without make-kpkg -- which bug

Re: 2.6.19, kernel-package problems and what are our plans for etch ...

2006-12-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
zation of my stance. > In my understanding kernel-package is intended as a _generic_ tool > for Debian-packaging a Linux kernel, officially built or not. No use > is favored, official or not. This is indeed my stance. manoj -- "When the going gets tough, the

Re: Module.symvers issues

2006-12-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
kwards compatible as possible. manoj -- A real friend isn't someone you use once and then throw away. A real friend is someone you can use over and over again. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA

Re: 2.6.19, kernel-package problems and what are our plans for etch ...

2006-12-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
riding bits and pieces, and I am not surprised when things do not work as you try to force them to. Even then, I would respond to bug reports which show misbehavior by kernel-package -- which have not exactly been forthcoming, have they? manoj tired of people trying to bend

Re: Bug#395086: closed by maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: Bug#395086: linux-image-2.6.18-1-686: disable suspend to disk on install)

2006-10-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
oks where other packages and users can add tasks to be run at the appropriate stage of the install. There is no way kernel package can keep track of all the different things that need to be done, and remain current as the requirements and interfaces evolve. manoj -- I never made a mistake

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:03:59 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 04:05:57PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Can you spell out for us which kernel modules, in the opinion of >> the kernel team, are certainly sourceless GPL stuff? Please

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:16:04 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 08:42:41AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:17:56 +0200, Sven Luther >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> > On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 a

Re: Let's vote ...

2006-09-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
discussion and voting period applies, unless the DPL intervenes, of course. manoj -- "A dirty mind is a joy forever." Randy Kunkee Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 9

Re: Bug#386019: vmlinux/vmlinuz confusion

2006-09-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
? Also, what version of kernel-package was used? manoj -- To lead people, you must follow behind. Lao Tsu Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBS

Re: Bug#385949: initramfs-tools: lilo not run after installation; system did not boot any more

2006-09-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ther step for debootstrapped installs) kernel-package does not ship /etc/kernel-img.conf at all (yur sentence seems to imply that k-p is somehow responsible). manoj -- Baker's First Law of Federal Geometry: A block grant is a solid mass of money surrounded on all sides by

Re: Bug#383600: behaviour of update-initramfs -u has changed, only updates latest kernel initrd

2006-08-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
manoj -- Presidency: The greased pig in the field game of American politics. Ambrose Bierce Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#383600: behaviour of update-initramfs -u has changed, only updates latest kernel initrd

2006-08-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ses. At high priority it would default to the last installed > kernel, as is done right now. (but which has a flip-flop > undeterministic behaviour in case 2.6.17 and 2.6.16 are both > installed and upgraded since both are present in the archive right > now). Sounds good.

Re: Move of update-grub and grub-install to /usr/sbin

2006-08-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
if the postinst_hook script was executable -- and did not do a path search. > Other than this, the plan sounds ok. manoj -- Seen on a button at an SF Convention: Veteran of the Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force. 1990-1951. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><h

Re: Bug#358397: initramfs-tools initrd.img update

2006-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 02:16:59 +0200, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava [Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:25:05 -0500]: >> > 6) debconf note >> > a preinst warning of the update. >> Not a note. A question asked, and action taken based on the answer.

Re: Bug#358397: initramfs-tools initrd.img update

2006-08-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
since a buggy mkinitramfs may leave a machine unbootable. > 6) debconf note > a preinst warning of the update. Not a note. A question asked, and action taken based on the answer. manoj -- Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. Manoj Srivast

What is the bug here?

2006-06-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
-- Q: Do you drink when you're on duty? A: I don't drink when I'm on duty, unless I come on duty drunk. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Bug#369448: linux-image-2.6.16-2-powerpc: package fails to install

2006-06-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
j Template: =ST-image-=V/preinst/bootloader-initrd-=V Template: =ST-image-=V/preinst/lilo-initrd-=V Template: =ST-image-=V/preinst/elilo-initrd-=V Template: =ST-image-=V/preinst/overwriting-modules-=V -- "Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it." Bask

Re: Bug#369448: linux-image-2.6.16-2-powerpc: package fails to install

2006-06-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ecord of the debconf interaction while the installation was occurring? manoj -- Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. Henry David Thoreau Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24

Bug#370651: kernel-package: README.modules: "User instructions" are incomplete and misleading

2006-06-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 7 Jun 2006, Frank Küster told this: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The description is fine for header packages and source >> packages that are produced by kernel-package itself. However, >> official header and source packages are incomplete,

Re: Bug#370651: kernel-package: README.modules: "User instructions" are incomplete and misleading

2006-06-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
eeded, and therefore cannot provide a better text. > If this bug report leads to a discussion after which I know better > how to do it, I offer to write a patch. But maybe you already have > something prepared, or it can be copied from somewhere? I think you ran into a broken he

Re: RC bug in kernels with regards to ownership of /etc/kernel-img.conf?

2006-04-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, lessdisks-terminal should not muck with /etc/kernel-img.conf, it should be dumping things in /etc/kernel/post{inst,rn}.d/ directories. manoj -- You will outgrow your usefulness. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 10

Patch for update-grub for Sarge R3

2006-04-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
]; then if [ -L "/boot/$kernelName" ]; then @@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ currentOpt= initrd= - echo "Found kernel: $kernel" + echo "Found kernel: $kernel" >&2 write_kernel_entry "$kernelVersion" "" "" "$grub_root_device" \ "$kernel" "$currentOpt" "" "$initrd" "false" @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ echo $end >> $buffer -echo -n "Updating $menu ... " +echo -n "Updating $menu ... " >&2 # Insert the new options into the menu if ! grep -q "^$start" $menu ; then cat $buffer >> $menu @@ -845,5 +845,5 @@ cat $menu.new > $menu rm -f $buffer $menu.new fi -echo "done" -echo +echo "done" >&2 +echo >&2 -- Confessions may be good for the soul, but they are bad for the reputation. Lord Thomas Dewar Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: sarge upgrade - linux, grub conflict

2006-04-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
both debconf and non debconf installation, is problematic. Even if we knew which boot loader is in use, which is not easy (I have lilo and grub installed on a bunch of machines). manoj -- If it pours before seven, it has rained by eleven. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: note on "2.4 is deprecated"

2006-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 13 Apr 2006, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 10:28:56AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> That is stretching it. The third component of a version is >> hardly a "major" revision. > > Why? Component in a version are major.minor.sub. Now,

Re: note on "2.4 is deprecated"

2006-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
s. > > I think it could be easily argued that the last three major > revisions of the kernel or 2.6.16, 2.6.15, and 2.6.14. That is stretching it. The third component of a version is hardly a "major" revision. manoj -- A free society is one where it i

Re: Bug#362064: udev: udev tries to write to an installed, working initrd without asking

2006-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 13 Apr 2006, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Apr 13, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hmm, it is true I did not check the postinst; I just saw that error >> message _after_ I had gotten initramfs to install by hacking >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/initramf

Re: Bug#348147: more support for source.me (or other cryptoroot-enabling capacity)

2006-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
manoj -- "You've got to have a gimmick if your band sucks." Gary Giddens Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#362064: udev: udev tries to write to an installed, working initrd without asking

2006-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
machine unbootable. Ask the human. manoj -- This generation doesn't have emotional baggage. We have emotional moving vans. Bruce Feirstein Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 92

Re: Modules packaging policy - call for discussion

2006-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 9 Apr 2006, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Manoj Srivastava [Sun, Apr 09 2006, 01:54:03AM]: > >>> And there are additional targets that m-a-infected rules file >>> provide, used to predict the file location and debug the build >>> environment. >&

Bug#362064: udev: udev tries to write to an installed, working initrd without asking

2006-04-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 12 Apr 2006, Marco d'Itri stated: > reassign 362064 initramfs-tools > thanks > > On Apr 12, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Why is udev trying to write to a working boot mechanism >> without asking? > Why do you believe that udev crea

Re: Modules packaging policy - call for discussion

2006-04-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 8 Apr 2006, Eduard Bloch wrote: >> include > * Manoj Srivastava [Sat, Apr 08 2006, 09:14:14AM]: >> On 6 Apr 2006, Eduard Bloch wrote: >> >>>> include >>> * Sven Luther [Thu, Apr 06 2006, 08:09:46AM]: >>>> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 09:

Re: Modules packaging policy - call for discussion

2006-04-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e the same > command line interface introduced by Manoj and slightly refined. What was the slight refinement? manoj -- The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself. All sin is easy after that. -- Baily Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.go

Bug#358397: initramfs-tools: Fails to install

2006-03-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
the loop. manoj -- It is Mr. Mellon's credo that $200,000,000 can do no wrong. Our offense consists in doubting it. -- Justice Robert H. Jackson Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 92

Re: Bug#358397: initramfs-tools: Fails to install

2006-03-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
severity 358397 grave thanks On 26 Mar 2006, maximilian attems wrote: > severity 358397 important > stop > > hello Manoj, > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> The package fails to install (failure to check if the image is >> modifiable), is t

Re: Bug#358397: initramfs-tools: Fails to install

2006-03-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Yes, it is indeed created by yaird. I had tried an initramfs tools created ramdisk, but that failed with cryptsetup, so I went back and ued yaird to recreate q woeking ramdisk. manoj -- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure. Manoj Srivastava <[EM

Bug#358397: initramfs-tools: Fails to install

2006-03-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
1.2.4-1small statically-linked utilities ii udev 0.087-2/dev/ and hotplug management daemo initramfs-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- I watch television because you don't know what it will do if you leav

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] Re: Packaing Xen 3.0 etc for Debian

2006-03-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
make inclusion in kernel-package faster. Thanks, manoj -- >From affection arises sorrow, from affection arises fear, but he who is freed from affection has no sorrow and certainly no fear. 213 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] Re: Packaing Xen 3.0 etc for Debian

2006-03-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
make inclusion in kernel-package faster. Thanks, manoj -- Slow day. Practice crawling. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Bug#351692: mips-tools doesn't build on powerpc and hppa

2006-02-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
in 10.034, in incoming at the time of writing. manoj -- prairies, n.: Vast plains covered by treeless forests. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

We should really minimize unnecessary "build as root" requirements

2006-02-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
a non-root user, in that case, requiring root would be incorrect -- since the home user is not constrained by policy. manoj -- To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/&g

Re: Bug#346281: Proposal to solve this to everyone's convenience

2006-01-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:20:57 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 09:12:14AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Why? Anyone who wants to use the headers provided by the headers >> package must sent an env var, anyway, so why not just set

Re: Bug#347487: linux-source-2.6.15: build fails: make-kpkg error on install -p -m 644 debian/buildinfo ...

2006-01-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
not meet a friend." -- Mark Twain Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#346281: Proposal to solve this to everyone's convenience

2006-01-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:16:54 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 07:49:04AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Err, this is additional complexity, and for what benefit? I still >> have seen nothing that explains what we gain from the head

Re: Bug#346281: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686: debconf question about /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686 even if no kernel is installed

2006-01-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:49:33 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > CCing the release team, since this has impact on the releasability > of etch. > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 09:00:57PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> The build directory "just works" in

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