Re: Bug#857808: debian-installer: Garbage on terminal with default TERM setting over serial console

2017-03-20 Thread Axel Beckert
ectures, e.g. release architectures. So yes, I'm in favour of doing so. I'll prepare an upload, but I will ask for pre-approval with the release team before actually uploading it. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' :

Re: Bug#745938: FWIW -- I consider sparc useful, pity if its support ends completely

2014-04-29 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Sébastien, Sébastien Bernard wrote: > Why not dropping the m68k port too then ? It has been droppend many years ago. P.S.: I appreciate your effort a lot! Thanks! Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : |

Re: Sparc status ?

2014-04-28 Thread Axel Beckert
gt; rebuilding the gcc package 3 times - 8hours build - without any > issue). It's good to hear that there are least some hardware architectures where recent kernels are more stable than on all my UltraSparcs. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , ht

Re: Bug#745938: decide on the future of sparc in unstable

2014-04-26 Thread Axel Beckert
's mails.) > In that case I don't think we should keep it in the archive much > longer. I'd really appreciate if sparc would be kept in the archive, but I fear that's not realistic. So I think the best is probably to move it to Debian Ports. :-( R

JFTR: Bug #721498 (ITA: silo) is work in progress

2013-11-25 Thread Axel Beckert
happen immediately though as I'm on the road travelling a bit often currently, but next weekend sounds realistic. (Can't test _that_ package remotely, i.e. need to be at home for preparing the upload. :-) Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people

Re: sparc64 buildd state wrt. Perl transition

2013-10-03 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Aurelien, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 02:09:18PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > > I'd also volunteer as sparc64 buildd admin as there seems to be some > > need for it. Cc'ing ad...@debian-ports.org for that. > > > > I though have no

sparc64 buildd state wrt. Perl transition (was: Re: Results of the porter roll call)

2013-10-03 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Michael Cree wrote: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 01:06:01AM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > > Julien Cristau wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:44:44 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > > > > Yesterday I tried to setup a sparc64 chroot on a second disc in one of > &

Re: Bootstrapping Sparc64: Outdated, but required perl module packages? (Perl 5.14 vs 5.18)

2013-10-02 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi again, Axel Beckert wrote: > Frans van Berckel wrote: > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > > liblocale-gettext-perl : PreDepends: perlapi-5.14.2 but it is not > > > installable > > > libtext-charwidth-perl : Depends: perlapi

Re: Results of the porter roll call (Was: Roll call for porters of architectures in sid and testing)

2013-10-02 Thread Axel Beckert
Him Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:44:44 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > > Yesterday I tried to setup a sparc64 chroot on a second disc in one of > > my Sparcs, but the currently documented way[1] to do so failed[2] due > > to outdated packages. On a first

Re: Bug#721498: O: silo -- Sparc Improved LOader

2013-10-02 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Jurij, Jurij Smakov wrote: > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 3:27 AM, Axel Beckert wrote: > > I'll create the git repository on Alioth and push my changes as soon > > as I've got write permissions to /git/debootloaders/. > > I approved your membership request, so you

Re: Bootstrapping Sparc64: Outdated, but required perl module packages? (Perl 5.14 vs 5.18)

2013-10-02 Thread Axel Beckert
sparc? > About using stable; Debian-ports repo does unstable, experimental, sid and > unreleased. True it's main only. That's ok. I just thought it may help to install Stable and then dist-upgrade to unstable to workaround this issue. Regards, Axel -- ,'

Re: Results of the porter roll call (Was: Roll call for porters of architectures in sid and testing)

2013-10-02 Thread Axel Beckert
oo, back then with the transition from Perl 5.10 to Perl 5.12. [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2011/05/msg00030.html Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' |

Re: O: silo -- Sparc Improved LOader

2013-10-01 Thread Axel Beckert
it, with the git repository based on the previous svn repository. I'll create the git repository on Alioth and push my changes as soon as I've got write permissions to /git/debootloaders/. Further co-maintainers of course still welcome! :-) Regards, Axel -- ,'&#x

Bootstrapping Sparc64: Outdated, but required perl module packages? (Perl 5.14 vs 5.18)

2013-10-01 Thread Axel Beckert
Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE `-| 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 -- To

Re: Roll call for porters of architectures in sid and testing

2013-09-04 Thread Axel Beckert
b2 on sparc) - read debian-sparc@l.d.o about once a month I am a DD. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9

Re: list of active sparc port maintainers

2013-09-04 Thread Axel Beckert
7;s also why I'm replying just now.) I guess I need to keep some eye on it more often. I'm currently thinking about adopting SILO, but I fear my (arch-specific) C knowledge is not deep enough for that -- despite Jurij wrote that the main point is having access to a Sparc and that part is given f

Re: Kernel 3.2 and Ultra 5

2013-07-15 Thread Axel Beckert
te syslog server, no information there either. For me it once froze after 15 minutes and once after ca. 50 minutes. No cron.hourly cron-jobs which could have triggered that. The machine doesn't have much permanently running stuff installed as it's just an NTP server. Reg

Re: Help with Wheezy CD testing on Saturday

2013-05-02 Thread Axel Beckert
like > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=584725 unresolved > after almost three years, all I can say is that you have no shame. What does this have to do with CD images testing? Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~a

Re: SPARC daily d-i builds

2011-01-12 Thread Axel Beckert
ch I haven't setup yet, so I don't know the details about processor speed -- but I got it for free and it has/had Woody installed according to the previous owner, so it can't be very new. (I also have some more 32-bit Sparcs, but I know that _they_ won't help. ;-) If any of them cou

Debian bugs or normal behaviour?

2003-11-12 Thread Axel Beckert
ents on this issues? Haven't found anything in the archive yet... Regards, Axel -- Axel Beckert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://abe.home.pages.de/