On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:30:45 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > andres wrote: > > > > I've prepared a new release of DebXO. This has a number of new > > features and desktops. > > nice. how does this interact with future "apt-get update"? is > there anything to watch out for (e.g., kernel getting > overwritten, etc)?
Ah, glad you brought that up. Apt should Just Work for the majority of the distribution, but there are 3 custom packages; ofw-config (which manages /boot/olpc.fth), linux-2.6.25.15 (which manages the kernel), and initramfs-tools (which manages the initramfs/initrd). ofw-config and linux-2.6.25.15 should never be automatically upgraded (since debian's kernel package is called linux-image-2.6.25-X, and ofw-config isn't in debian), but initramfs-tools might be. The customizations to initramfs-tools basically ensure certain modules get added to the initrd and loaded; redboot, jffs2, lxfb, and so on. I'll be sending those patches upstream, but I think it's too late to get them into lenny. They should make it into the next debian release, though. In short, be very careful w/ initramfs-tools; don't upgrade it. I'm hoping the next debxo release has its custom packages simply backported, rather than completely outside of debian. As far as upgrading the kernel, it depends on how it's built. Note that /boot/olpc.fth uses /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old symlinks, so make sure that they're pointed to the correct image after you've upgraded. If you're building a custom kernel and everything's modular, you need to make sure the initramfs-tools hasn't been upgraded. If you're building the modules needed to boot (cafe_nand, redboot, jffs2) statically into the kernel, the initramfs-tools package can mostly be ignored. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel