Bug#88842: apt-get - debconf goes into endless loop of asking for passwords for existing user
Package: install Version: ?? System info: apt 0.3.19 for i386 compiled on May 12 2000 21:17:27 perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-linux Linux bike 2.2.17 #6 Fri Aug 18 07:45:35 PDT 2000 i686 unknown libc Version: 2.1.3-10 Hardware: Thinkpad 770X, 256MB, 8GB disk, xircom PCMCIA 10/100Mb ether, reluctantly running vmaware w/ win2k. I tried to do an apt-get upgrade on a Debian 2.2 system (working fine before and since with the exception that I'm reporting - EXCELLENT job!) the upgrade went smoothly with the exception of the KDE packages that were held back. I had done a separate dselect install of an earlier kde package that went smoothly, but instead of informing me of this, it goes into the endless password loop described below. root@bike:/root 5 % apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back abbrowser amor ark arts kab kabalone kaiman karm kasteroids katomic kblackbox kcalc kcharselect kchart kcron kdebase kdebase-libs kdelibs3 kdepasswd kedit keystone kfind kfloppy kfract kghostview khexedit killustrator kit kjots kjumpingcube klaptopdaemon kljettool klpq kmahjongg kmail kmid kmidi kmines kmix kmoon knode knotes kodo koffice-libs konqueror konquest konsole korganizer korn kpackage kpat kpixmap2bitmap kpm kpoker kppp kpresenter kreversi ksame kscd kshisen ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris ksnake ksnapshot ksokoban kspaceduel kspread ksysctrl ksysv ktalkd kteatime ktimemon ktron ktuberling kuser kview kword kworldwatch libkonq3 libmng libmng-dev libqt2.2 lskat pcmcia-modules-2.2.17 secpolicy task-kde 70 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 87 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/30.8MB of archives. After unpacking 7622kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Configuring packages ... Debian System Configuration --- Empty password was entered. You seem to have entered nothing for the password. That is not secure! Please try again. [repeat loop starts here] A good password will contain a mixture of letters, numbers and punctuation and will be changed at regular intervals. Enter a password for the new user: lk Please enter the same user password again to verify you have typed it correctly. Re-enter password to verify: lk adduser: The user `hjm' already exists. Empty password was entered. and on and on and on. I was 1st using the KDE Konsole term and the interface was writing odd characters all over the screen, so I switched to a xterm which solved that problem, but still had the one I'm mentioning here. I switched debconf to use the straight text interface which allowed bettter control over killing the session, but it still repeats and after perusing the bug list and looking thru the included docs, I cannot figure out what the problem is.. Hoping you can. -- Cheers, Harry Harry J Mangalam (949) 856 2847(vf) [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting to floppy
Does anybody have an idea where to get the 'boot-floppy-hfs.img' from the potato 2.2r0 release - I believe I will need them to have a chance to install linux on a naked PowerMac (I have deleted my Mac-OS partitions when first trying to install Linux ...). -jr -- Johannes Reisinger,Vienna,Austria mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting to floppy
Is this what you are looking for? http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/current/powermac/images-1.44/boot-floppy-hfs.img David Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:13:48PM +0100 wrote: Does anybody have an idea where to get the 'boot-floppy-hfs.img' from the potato 2.2r0 release - I believe I will need them to have a chance to install linux on a naked PowerMac (I have deleted my Mac-OS partitions when first trying to install Linux ...). -jr -- Johannes Reisinger,Vienna,Austria mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting to floppy
No, no, yes, and ... no. I have one with a 2.2.17 kernel on it which isn't good for installations of 2.2r2 because they use the 2.2.18 kernel, so you get these problems with modules but it _is_ good for a rescue floppy! Just kidding, I don't want to start the rescue floppy thing again; you still have to shove in the root floppy and go one or two steps into the install before you can switch to virtual console #2 and get a shell, but it's _like_ a rescue floppy. And that would be located at http://www.netfall.com/powerpc/boot-floppy-oldworld.img The link below points to the one that *doesn't* work due to the keyboard/adb problem. a David Whedon wrote: Is this what you are looking for? http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/current/powermac/images-1.44/boot-floppy-hfs.img David Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:13:48PM +0100 wrote: Does anybody have an idea where to get the 'boot-floppy-hfs.img' from the potato 2.2r0 release - I believe I will need them to have a chance to install linux on a naked PowerMac (I have deleted my Mac-OS partitions when first trying to install Linux ...). -jr -- Johannes Reisinger,Vienna,Austria mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pedantic but visible spelling corrections
looks good, please commit this.
Thanks,
David
Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 07:01:23PM -0500 wrote:
Independent, dependency, dependencies. Diffs below for the *user
visible* cases; I can rapidly supply diffs (or checkins) for the cases
in Makefile and sgml comments if desired.
_Mark_ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Herd of Kittens
Debian Package Maintainer
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Index: README-Overview
===
RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/README-Overview,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 README-Overview
--- README-Overview 2000/04/17 08:33:58 1.7
+++ README-Overview 2001/03/05 23:56:27
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
- a boot loader starts a kernel with a root disk image as an initial
RAM disk. Note that this part of the installation is very
- system-dependant.
+ system-dependent.
- A program called 'dbootstrap' is run from that root disk image.
A shell may also be run on the second virtual console, and the root
Index: documentation/README-authors
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RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/documentation/README-authors,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 README-authors
--- documentation/README-authors2000/07/12 17:22:04 1.20
+++ documentation/README-authors2001/03/05 23:56:30
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@
![ %i386 [ INSERT TEXT HERE ]]
-* Language-Independant Static Data
+* Language-Independent Static Data
In order to have our documentation be more maintainable, we try to
-separate any data which is not language-dependant out into separate
+separate any data which is not language-dependent out into separate
entity ('*.ent') files.
-The following files contain language-independant data:
+The following files contain language-independent data:
** urls.ent
Index: documentation/dselect-beginner.sgml
===
RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/documentation/dselect-beginner.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 dselect-beginner.sgml
--- documentation/dselect-beginner.sgml 1999/07/24 20:40:51 1.14
+++ documentation/dselect-beginner.sgml 2001/03/05 23:56:32
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
item
One of the best options for installation from a local mirror of the
Debian archive, or from the network. This method uses the ``apt''
-system to do complete dependancy analysis and ordering, so it's most
+system to do complete dependency analysis and ordering, so it's most
likely to install packages in the optimal order.
p
Configuration of this method is straight-forward; you may select any
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
The information which prgndselect/prgn uses to get all the right
packages installed is buried in the packages themselves. Nothing in
this world is perfect and it does sometimes happen that the
-dependancies built into a package are incorrect, with the result that
+dependencies built into a package are incorrect, with the result that
prgndselect/prgn simply cannot resolve the situation. A way out
is provided where the user can regain control and it takes the form of
the commands emQ/em and emX/em which are available in the
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
tagemQ/em
item
An override. Forces prgndselect/prgn to ignore the built in
-dependancies and to do what you have specified. The results, of
+dependencies and to do what you have specified. The results, of
course, will be on your own head.
tagemX/em
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
please be prepared to take an hour or so as you have to learn your way
around and then get it right. When you enter the ``Select'' screen for
the first time don't make ANY selections at all -- just hit
-enterkey; and see what dependancy problems there are. Try fixing
+enterkey; and see what dependency problems there are. Try fixing
them. If you find yourself back at the main screen run ref
id="select" again.
p
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cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by eichin
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:eichin time: Wed Mar 7 22:30:50 PST 2001 Log Message: spell-correct Independent, dependency, dependencies, in user-visible cases. Files: changed:Tag: woody dselect-beginner.sgml README-authors -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#67510: I think this one is fixed
I took a look at netconfig.c it looks okay. I just tried to reproduce the bug (configured first with no dns, then configure with dns) after the second config dns worked fine. I believe that this is the delta that fixed the bug. I didn't look super deep, that's why I'm not closing the bug, though I really think it is fixed. -David ruff:dbootstrap$ cvs log -r1.47 netconfig.c revision 1.47 date: 2000/08/19 16:19:00; author: joey; state: Exp; lines: +1 -1 - choose_medium.c: Properly passed DLG_CANCEL from enterDirBox() through choose_archive_dir(). - choose_medium.c: Properly passed DLG_CANCEL from choose_idefloppy() through choose_medium(). - choose_medium.c: Added call to fdisk_reread () to initialize partition table in TEST target. - choose_medium.c: Properly passed DLG_CANCEL from choose_harddisk() through choose_medium(). - netconfig.c: Properly returned DLG_CANCEL from configure_network(). - choose_medium.c: Handle Cancel properly in test target - boxes.c: Added little documentation = ruff:dbootstrap$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#76244: 76244 reassigned to debootstrap
Since we are using debootstrap for the woody base system install, this bug is being re-assigned to debootstrap. After looking at debootstrap and not seeing any obvious space checks I tried to debootstrap to a floppy. It fails. root@ruff:/# debootstrap woody /floppy/ http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ trying to get http://ftp.debian.org/debian//dists/woody/Release trying to get http://ftp.debian.org/debian//dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz gunzip: /floppy///var/state/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian__dists_woody_main_binary-i386_Packages: No space left on device root@ruff:/# I don't know if later debootstrap parses the Packages files to see if there is room for the base. If so then the above failure may be something we can live with as most people won't be trying to bootstrap onto something that can't fit the Packages file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Processed: reassign #76244 to debootstrap
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 76244 debootstrap Bug#76244: download of base doesn't check for available disk Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `debootstrap'. End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by dwhedon
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:dwhedon time: Wed Mar 7 23:45:20 PST 2001 Log Message: Bug #75018 is fixed since we are using debootstrap Files: changed:Tag: woody changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Processed: tag 75018
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tags 75018 fixed Bug#75018: [WOODY] please symlink base#_#.tgz Tags added: fixed End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies by dwhedon
Repository: boot-floppies who:dwhedon time: Wed Mar 7 23:50:12 PST 2001 Log Message: minor Files: changed:Tag: woody todo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
