I have seen the same problem. It is a major problem for the existence of

Squeeze/PPC.



Op 16/9/2010 schreef "Gunther Furtado" <gunfurt...@gmail.com>:



>2010/9/16 Benjamin Cama <ben...@free.fr>:

>> Hi,

>>

>> I just found by looking around that yabootconfig, the script used by the

>> yaboot package (very important distinction) to generate /etc/yaboot.conf

>> actually _knows_ how to handle LABEL and UUID; see

>> http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debootloaders/trunk/yaboot/ybin/yabootconfig . 
Furthermore, the yaboot package didn't change in 4 years, so everything is "c
orrect" in yaboot !

>>

>> But, as we recently saw again on the debian-ppc ML (see

>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2010/09/msg00013.html ) _some_

>> script from _some other_ package does modify /etc/yaboot.conf ! And add

>> spaces (very wrong) and does not interpret labels/uuids. The only other

>> script I know that generates yaboot.conf is the postinst one in the

>> yaboot-installer udeb (from the debian-installer) but I don't see how it

>> could add spaces, looking at its code.

>>

>> So, that's now 3 people including you that stumble upon this, but this

>> doesn't come from yaboot. So, could you please join the _full_ yaboot te

>> see if the program that generates it leaves some traces, and please tell

>> if you think you have any particular package installed that could affect

>> that. I Cc the list, too, in case someone could look at that.

>

>four! or am I on the list yet?

>

>>

>> Thanks,

>> benjamin

>>

>>

>> --

>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org

>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.
.org

>> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1284642004.3106.58.ca...@nsk

>>

>>

>

>

>

>-- 

>

>"...agora, só nos sobrou o futuro...", visto em www.manuchao.net

>

>Gunther Furtado

>Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil

>gunfurt...@gmail.com

>

>

>--

>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org

>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or
g

>Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=NrtoaA™icmSt2EDOmY3TzRKLygnEgmX
d...@mail.gmail.com

>

>



--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Reply via email to