Re: Salsa

> I've updated .mrconfig to point to the new location; I'll probably remove the > “deleted = true” entries as they are for packages in the attic; and those are > doubly deprecated as they're going to be archived now anyway. > > URLs on dillon (d-i.debian.org host) have been updated to point to

Re: Salsa

Hey, Steve McIntyre (2018-04-26): > I've now migrated all 103(!) of the non-attic d-i repos across from > alioth to salsa, following the pattern > > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/$REPO.git > >to > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/$REPO Thanks! > In

Re: Salsa

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:16:04PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >Hi, > >Chris Boot (2018-04-24): >> I didn't receive much feedback from the -boot team since I created the >> Salsa project and did the initial member import, but I also didn't >> remind people about it after those

Bug#896908: busybox cpio: fails to extract absolute symlinks

Package: busybox-static Version: 1:1.27.2-2 Severity: normal I tried building debirf on a current Sid system (chroot, rather). The generated initramfs failed to properly boot. I noticed that the second-stage rootfs in it, is OK but when extracted misses /sbin/init and a number of other symlinks

Re: Remote Debian installation assistance for newbies using WireGuard VPN

ST writes: > On Wed, 2018-04-25 at 14:50 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: >> ST writes: >> >> > Hello Debian Install System Team, >> > >> > there used to be Linux install parties - a very cool event in itself and >> > a way to bring new users into community.

Bug#896902: busybox: Segmentation fault in microcom applet

Package: busybox Version: 1:1.27.2-2 Severity: normal Hello user@host:~$ busybox microcom Segmentation fault (core dumped) reproduces on two different amd64 machines. Could also reproduce on an armel porter machine (abel, in the sid schroot). 1:1.22.0-19+b3 isn't affected.

Bug#896826: Fixed by ignoring partitions using 'in_vg{ ... }'

Actually i took a closer look at this and wrote a patch that fixes it for me. It is attached with this mail. It filters partitions using 'in_vg{' when computing min_size in choose_recipe() and using method 'lvm'. I saw that min_size() is used in some other places in partman, that's the reason i

Re: Remote Debian installation assistance for newbies using WireGuard VPN

On Wed, 2018-04-25 at 14:50 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: > ST writes: > > > Hello Debian Install System Team, > > > > there used to be Linux install parties - a very cool event in itself and > > a way to bring new users into community. However it is not so easy to > > organize

Re: Remote Debian installation assistance for newbies using WireGuard VPN

tmate.io seems well suited for this.

Re: Remote Debian installation assistance for newbies using WireGuard VPN

On Wed, 2018-04-25 at 14:50 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: > Of course we then have to work out under what circumstances the user > should trust that person to be connected to their network, the > implications of which one cannot really expect a newbie to fully > grasp. I'm reminded of

Re: Remote Debian installation assistance for newbies using WireGuard VPN

ST writes: > Hello Debian Install System Team, > > there used to be Linux install parties - a very cool event in itself and > a way to bring new users into community. However it is not so easy to > organize and it is somewhat limiting in time and space. > > Several weeks ago I

Remote Debian installation assistance for newbies using WireGuard VPN

Hello Debian Install System Team, there used to be Linux install parties - a very cool event in itself and a way to bring new users into community. However it is not so easy to organize and it is somewhat limiting in time and space. Several weeks ago I learned about the kernel-space VPN -

Bug#877467: Odroid-XU4: success despite several challenges

Hi Vagrant, * Vagrant Cascadian [2018-04-11 19:52]: Modules needed to detect the ethernet adapter were still not present in the netboot image. The modules are now in there (cf. #895976). There was a confusing message about partitioning location. The boot firmware was