Potentially affected images: As noted above this potentially affects *any* armhf image with boot artifacts that require flashing (that are deb based). This potentially affects our older Pi server armhf images (which, although they don't use mtd-utils, do use flash-kernel). However, we're not producing Pi server armhf images this cycle and it is my understanding that do-release- upgrades has a quirk to prevent upgraders on that architecture.
It does not affect our Pi desktop images, which have never been armhf based. This change potentially affects any flavours which produce such images. However, there has never (to my knowledge) been an official flavour with an armhf desktop image for the Pi. Further mitigation ideas: flash-kernel *could* be modified to merely recommend mtd-utils and still operate on platforms where mtd-utils itself isn't used for flashing boot artifacts (such as the Pi) but obviously this complicates the dependency situation (and seeds) on those platforms that *do* require mtd-utils. ** Description changed: LP: #2060214 (FTBFS) was eventually resolved by disabling failing tests on armhf to enable migration. Unfortunately, mtd-utils is the facility used by flash-kernel (on several boards, as it's used in the "generic" method) to flash boot artifacts to their destination. - Given that failure to flash these a successfully risks subsequent boot + Given that failure to flash these successfully risks subsequent boot failure (of a nature that is particularly difficult to resolve on certain armhf boards), and given that we're now not certain that the mechanism will operate correctly on armhf, please remove mtd-utils (and its dependency, flash-kernel) from armhf in noble. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2061990 Title: Please RM armhf binaries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mtd-utils/+bug/2061990/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
