Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 06/28/2018 05:33 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 06/28/2018 11:27 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: The original discussion was around powerpc which is 32-bit. Just taser me. That was not my intention at all I'm having fun and if you google me ... you know I support open source projects

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 06/28/2018 11:27 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> The original discussion was around powerpc which is 32-bit. > > Just taser me. That was not my intention at all. I just wanted to make clear we're not confusing the various PowerPC powers in Debian - they're four of them after all - with each other.

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 06/28/2018 05:09 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 06/28/2018 11:08 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: This is just the kernel. Your userland is still 32-bit, I assume: dpkg --print-architecture root@nix:~# dpkg --print-architecture ppc64 The ppc64 port was neither part of this discussion no

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 06/28/2018 11:08 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> This is just the kernel. Your userland is still 32-bit, I assume: >> >> dpkg --print-architecture > > root@nix:~# dpkg --print-architecture > ppc64 The ppc64 port was neither part of this discussion nor was it ever officially supported as an officia

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 06/28/2018 04:40 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 06/28/2018 10:35 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: It is perfectly possible to install the last supported 64-bit release and then dist-upgrade to sid and everything seems to run just fine. I am having no troubles ( nothing fascinating other th

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 06/28/2018 10:35 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > It is perfectly possible to install the last supported 64-bit release and > then dist-upgrade to sid and everything seems to run just fine. I am having > no troubles ( nothing fascinating other than some datatype weirdness ) on a > PowerMac G5 : Th

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
Yes, as announced by DSA, the powerpc buildds have been shut down: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2018/06/msg4.html Tears in all directions. At least from those of us that love our risc architectures. We are currently in the process to properly move powerpc to Debian Ports.

Re: Arch qualification for buster: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2018-06-28 Thread Florian Weimer
* Niels Thykier: > armel/armhf: > > > * Undesirable to keep the hardware running beyond 2020. armhf VM >support uncertain. (DSA) >- Source: [DSA Sprint report] Fedora is facing an issue running armhf under virtualization on arm64:

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Rick! On 06/28/2018 09:05 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian Jessie, has > been getting this error message when I try to do “apt update”: > >> W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease >> Unable to

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Rick, This has little to do with the installer team (debian-boot@), and it isn't (really) a powerpc-specific issue either. Rick Thomas (2018-06-28): > For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian > Jessie, has been getting this error message when I try to do “apt > update

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Rick, On 06/28/2018 09:05 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: Hi! For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian Jessie, has been getting this error message when I try to do “apt update”: W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease Unable to find e

Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi! For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian Jessie, has been getting this error message when I try to do “apt update”: > W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease > Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-powerpc/Packages' in Rele