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and subject line Bug#919616: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #808291,
regarding pxz ignores -Ccrc32; cannot build kernel ramdisks
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: pxz
Version: 4.999.99~beta3+git659fc9b-3
Severity: minor
I build Debian Live images. A lot.
Waiting for update-initramfs is boring.
I want to speed it up using pxz or pixz (not xz).
The kernel's XZ decompressor does not support CRC64, xz's default.
When using COMPRESS=xz, mkinitramfs (initramfs-tools) passes --check=crc32 to
fix this.
(Reference: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/xz.txt)
pxz accepts the equivalent option, but ignores it:
(bootstrap)root@zygon:/boot# xzcat initrd.img | datefudge 2000-01-01 pxz
-0Ccrc32 -T1 >a
(bootstrap)root@zygon:/boot# xzcat initrd.img | datefudge 2000-01-01 pxz
-0Ccrc64 -T1 >b
(bootstrap)root@zygon:/boot# xzcat initrd.img | datefudge 2000-01-01 pxz
-0Cwaffles -T1 >c
(bootstrap)root@zygon:/boot# sha1sum a b c
8df3800e37881acd3b4c79e76f793dc290a69958 a
8df3800e37881acd3b4c79e76f793dc290a69958 b
8df3800e37881acd3b4c79e76f793dc290a69958 c
If the option was working, the checksums would be different (I think).
The kernel becomes sad:
(bootstrap)root@zygon:/boot# qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -kernel vmlinuz
-initrd initrd.img -append console=ttyS0
[...works...]
(bootstrap)root@zygon:/boot# qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -kernel vmlinuz
-initrd a -append console=ttyS0
[...]
[ 0.653683] Initramfs unpacking failed: Input was encoded with settings
that are not supported by this XZ decoder
[...]
Please make pxz honor -Ccrc32,
or at least stop accepting it (exit non-zero instead).
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Version: 4.999.99~beta5+gitfcfea93-5+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package pxz has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/919616
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
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Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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