Bug#989645: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: dpkg: error processing package linux-image-powerpc (--configure):

2021-06-09 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: grub-common Version: 2.04-18 Severity: grave File: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig Justification: renders package unusable X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de, rbtho...@pobox.com This is what happens when I attempt to do "aptitude full-upgrade" on my Power

Re: Bug#989645: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: dpkg: error processing package linux-image-powerpc (--configure):

2021-06-09 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Rick! On 6/9/21 11:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > You're right that /boot/grub somehow has gotten read-only. I didn't do that > myself, so something else must have done that. Have you any clue you can > share > with me as to which package I should re-file this report against? You are too qui

Re: Bug#989645: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: dpkg: error processing package linux-image-powerpc (--configure):

2021-06-09 Thread Rick Thomas
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021, at 2:41 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hello Rick! > > On 6/9/21 11:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > You're right that /boot/grub somehow has gotten read-only. I didn't do that > > myself, so something else must have done that. Have you any clue you can > > share >

Re: Bug#989645: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: dpkg: error processing package linux-image-powerpc (--configure):

2021-06-09 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 6/9/21 11:58 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: >> Jun 09 01:42:55 kmac kernel: hfs: filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, >> running fsck.hfs is recommended. mounting read-only. > > I did have a brief power outage recently. Maybe that's what caused the "not > cleanly unmounted". If both machines were

Re: Bug#989645: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: dpkg: error processing package linux-image-powerpc (--configure):

2021-06-09 Thread Rick Thomas
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021, at 2:58 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2021, at 2:41 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > Hello Rick! > > > > On 6/9/21 11:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > You're right that /boot/grub somehow has gotten read-only. I didn't do > > > that > > > myself, so

Re: OT: Huge Right to Repair Win for Consumers

2021-06-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 11:54 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > This is not as off-topic as it may seem. In the US, the FTC just > issued a report that favors consumers. A link to the report and related discussion: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/nixing-fix-ftc-report-congress-repair-

Re: Bug#989645: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: dpkg: error processing package linux-image-powerpc (--configure):

2021-06-09 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 6/10/21 12:14 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > So the only remaining question is "why was hfsprogs not automatically install > on a G5 PowerMac?" See: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2021/04/msg00129.html and: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2021/05/msg00012.html -- .''`. John Pau

Re: OT: Huge Right to Repair Win for Consumers

2021-06-09 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 6/10/21 2:08 AM, Paul Wise wrote: >> The report and its recommendations may provide a means >> to pierce the veil of closed platforms, like closed-sourced firmware. > > It seems unlikely to me that we will ever see a "Right to Repair" for > software, firmware or gateware. So, why should laws p