-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 22 May 2011 20:26:30 +0000 "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam- barratt.org.uk> wrote: >tag 604134 + squeeze-ignore >thanks > >On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 19:39 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System >wrote: >> Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: >> >> > tags 604134 - squeeze-ignore >> Bug #604134 [parted] partman-base: Makes MacOS 9 incompatible >partition table >> Removed tag(s) squeeze-ignore. > >Please don't do that.
Please don't break other operating systems on my computer in such a way that is irreversible, short of wiping the whole hard disk, WITHOUT EVEN WARNING ME FIRST! I choose the stable versions of *nix based operating systems because I don't like running into SEVERE UNDOCUMENTED bugs like this. If I wanted to use my one and only working computer to track down and fix/find work-arounds for things like this, I'd run current. > The -ignore tags are the domain of the >Release >Team and shouldn't be altered without agreement. The tag was added because it was believed there was a workaround to restore Mac Classic. Even if this always worked, it seems appalling to me that an operating system of Debian's reputation wouldn't at least make note of this bug in the installation instructions. As it is, the workaround does not always work. It didn't work for me. There are others it hasn't worked for. The squeeze-ignore tag was added based on a misconception. >I don't know partman well enough to know whether your suggestions >on how >to modify it to better support your scenario are easily >integrateable >(is that even a word?), although it does sound like it might be >quite a >large change to try and make to squeeze's d-i now that it's >released. The bad news is, I really don't know what-all's wrong with partman, and apparently, even though this bug has been around for years, no one else does either, or hasn't admitted to so far as I've read. The good news is, we don't have to. NetBSD's pdisk, which they have graciously ported to Linux, is a time-tested way of modifying Apple Partition Maps without breaking other operating systems, provided you don't re-initialize the disk or touch partitions that you shouldn't touch. So, simply offer users a choice between pdisk and partman, with a strong warning that if they are multi-booting, especially with Mac Classic, that they should really use pdisk because partman is broken and might damage their Mac Classic irreparably (short of wiping the hard drive). Then there's yaboot, which is a whole 'nother can of worms, because it doesn't work right if you do it the "recommended way", but is has a whole slew of protections to protect you from doing in the "wrong way", even though the wrong way does work. I managed to get yaboot (but not ofboot.b... fortunately, yaboot is the essential bit) working, but it was horrendously difficult (at least, for an operating system of Debian's reputation) because it didn't want me to configure it that way. >Certainly adding significant new translatable text tends not to be >straight forward. Well, could you translate this much? "WARNING!!! This installer may break other operating systems on your computer (especially Mac Classic). In some cases, it may be impossible to repair without wiping your hard drive and re- installing everything. DO NOT PROCEED IF THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE RISK. If that is so, we recommend you use a Unix-based operating system that does not have this problem, like OpenBSD, or one that has a well-documented work-around, like NetBSD. There is a very complicated work-around for Debian, but unfortunately, we were unable to translate it to all languages." Or if that's too much for you, just the first three or four sentences. >Regards, > >Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 3.0 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify wsBcBAEBAgAGBQJN2ZCXAAoJEKlMTST7VF+oLM4H/RWIB4XAFIVbK+qEzzXepyxLb7kX JwZXEvqBK4Uns2V9/pWV8TgcpWLwvQWdzCts1eEBYZTDJ29RFBGG6jJnTu62VbL150Qf JbWX6gKXWJCB+bjPsPA+wCmC+oP5FbuXN7rWpCLOEKJE2/sGDSI6gANDzo5YCgy0aAJj Due8Mfu9v+DvESaPw2fGIKeltTJWwM9mQI5LJm1Mm2WLFs6Cc6s5j2Rz8X01CA5yUkqa zNaXdXYbNabtdErdma5Pz4lG+FROCbWLEij0HXlmi5jetBDvdsv+3koG67LitBpgUpu6 HBMP7cTemg5ns6Lq4LLh7a4AO5j6YhW0OoU/ZtFnpiU= =ehFa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
