Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Hello, 2013/6/5 Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org: Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com (04/06/2013): I just received several bug reports about this issue and decided to investigate. Many thanks! +1 Maybe we should also perform a .db check at build time, so that any new such items would be spotted early? The following shell snippet seems to do the trick, and could be added to debian/rules, causing non-zero exit in case there are some hits? $ for i in Optional Required; do ok=$(grep -c ^$i-Packages db/all.db); all=$(grep -i -c ^$i-Packages db/all.db); if [ $ok != $all ]; then echo Wrong case for $((all-ok)) $i-Packages fields in db/all.db; fi; done Wrong case for 12 Required-Packages fields in db/all.db Feel free to add that to master if you like it, and upload the resulting package to unstable. I can take care of preparing the wheezy branch and the wheezy pu bug report. Thanks, I think it is not bad idea to add such extra-check. I'll look into adding it to master. Thanks as well for handling wheezy upload. Regards, -- Héctor Orón -.. . -... .. .- -. -.. . ...- . .-.. --- .--. . .-. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
On Wed, Jun 05, 2013, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Maybe we should also perform a .db check at build time, so that any new such items would be spotted early? The following shell snippet seems to do the trick, and could be added to debian/rules, causing non-zero exit in case there are some hits? Yeah, I've pushed a test_db script which currently only tests for unknown fields (case sensitively) Thanks all for the report and patches, -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Loïc Minier loic.min...@dooz.org (05/06/2013): On Wed, Jun 05, 2013, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Maybe we should also perform a .db check at build time, so that any new such items would be spotted early? The following shell snippet seems to do the trick, and could be added to debian/rules, causing non-zero exit in case there are some hits? Yeah, I've pushed a test_db script which currently only tests for unknown fields (case sensitively) Looks good, thanks. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
* Loïc Minier loic.min...@dooz.org [2013-06-05 13:40]: Yeah, I've pushed a test_db script which currently only tests for unknown fields (case sensitively) Can you please upload to unstable. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
* Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com [2013-01-02 19:37]: Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation, so the real question is why it's not being installed. I just received several bug reports about this issue and decided to investigate. The flash-kernel database files says: # somewhat RFC2822 based, but case sensitive, not tolerant to spaces etc. ^^ The flash-kernel-installer postinst is looking for Required-Packages, but several devices use Required-packages (note the lower case packages). The fix is a simple s/Required-packages/Required-Packages/, and we have to apply it both to unstable and wheezy (as installations fail without this fix). diff --git a/README b/README index 81b65d2..d1da527 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The supported fields are: but for a DTB file. The DTB file named by DTB-Id will be copied here; see also DTB-Id -* Required-packages: (optional) list of packages which must be added +* Required-Packages: (optional) list of packages which must be added during installer phase for flash-kernel to work properly; failure to add these packages aborts the installation diff --git a/db/all.db b/db/all.db index a4c4e84..9a7c655 100644 --- a/db/all.db +++ b/db/all.db @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x8000 U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0 Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: Buffalo Linkstation Mini @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x8000 U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0 Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x8000 U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0 Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: Buffalo/Revogear Kurobox Pro @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x8000 U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0 Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage.buffalo Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/initrd.buffalo -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: D-Link DNS-323 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Mtd-Kernel: Linux Kernel Mtd-Initrd: File System U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x8000 U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0080 -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: Freescale MX53 LOCO Board @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x70008000 U-Boot-Initrd-Address: 0x0 Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/uInitrd -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: no Machine: Genesi Efika Smartbook @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ U-Boot-Script-Name: bootscr.mx5 Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/uInitrd Boot-Script-Path: /boot/boot.scr -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: Genesi EfikaMX nettop @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ U-Boot-Script-Name: bootscr.mx5 Boot-Kernel-Path: /boot/uImage Boot-Initrd-Path: /boot/uInitrd Boot-Script-Path: /boot/boot.scr -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: GLAN Tank @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Method: multi Kernel-Flavors: s3c24xx U-Boot-Multi-Address: 0x30008000 Boot-Multi-Path: /boot/uImage.bin -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: HP Media Vault mv2120 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Boot-Multi-Path: /boot/uImage # mv2120-utils includes some initramfs-tools scripts that are nice to have but # which are not essential Optional-Packages: mv2120-utils -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: HP t5325 Thin Client @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Kernel-Flavors: kirkwood Machine-Id: 2846 U-Boot-Multi-Address: 0x0160 Boot-Multi-Path: /boot/uImage -Required-packages: u-boot-tools +Required-Packages: u-boot-tools Bootloader-sets-root: yes Machine: LaCie 2Big Network v2 @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Mtd-Initrd: Ramdisk Optional-Packages: ixp4xx-firmware # nslu2-utils will call update-initramfs -u to include the firmware and to run # the hook from flash-kernel -Required-packages: apex-nslu2 nslu2-utils +Required-Packages: apex-nslu2 nslu2-utils Bootloader-sets-root: no Machine:
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com (04/06/2013): * Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com [2013-01-02 19:37]: Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation, so the real question is why it's not being installed. I just received several bug reports about this issue and decided to investigate. Many thanks! The flash-kernel database files says: # somewhat RFC2822 based, but case sensitive, not tolerant to spaces etc. ^^ The flash-kernel-installer postinst is looking for Required-Packages, but several devices use Required-packages (note the lower case packages). The fix is a simple s/Required-packages/Required-Packages/, and we have to apply it both to unstable and wheezy (as installations fail without this fix). Maybe we should also perform a .db check at build time, so that any new such items would be spotted early? The following shell snippet seems to do the trick, and could be added to debian/rules, causing non-zero exit in case there are some hits? $ for i in Optional Required; do ok=$(grep -c ^$i-Packages db/all.db); all=$(grep -i -c ^$i-Packages db/all.db); if [ $ok != $all ]; then echo Wrong case for $((all-ok)) $i-Packages fields in db/all.db; fi; done Wrong case for 12 Required-Packages fields in db/all.db Feel free to add that to master if you like it, and upload the resulting package to unstable. I can take care of preparing the wheezy branch and the wheezy pu bug report. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
control: tag -1 patch On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation, so the real question is why it's not being installed. Looking at db/all.db, all of the machines have Required-packages: u-boot-tools, so in a way its already a universal dependency, I wonder if it wouldn't make more sense to make it a real dependency (as was done with the 3.4 upload)? Since the release is getting close, I've gone ahead with an nmu adding u-boot-tools as a real dependency. Uploaded to delayed/5 to give you a chance to do a maintainer upload if desired. Please see attached patch. Best wishes, Mike flash-kernel.patch Description: Binary data
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 21:50:56 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: control: tag -1 patch On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation, so the real question is why it's not being installed. Looking at db/all.db, all of the machines have Required-packages: u-boot-tools, so in a way its already a universal dependency, I wonder if it wouldn't make more sense to make it a real dependency (as was done with the 3.4 upload)? Since the release is getting close, I've gone ahead with an nmu adding u-boot-tools as a real dependency. Uploaded to delayed/5 to give you a chance to do a maintainer upload if desired. Please see attached patch. Please cancel that nmu. Or I'll do it. You don't get to upload changes over the maintainer's specific objections. Cheers, Julien signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
control: tag -1 -patch On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Julien Cristau wrote: Since the release is getting close, I've gone ahead with an nmu adding u-boot-tools as a real dependency. Uploaded to delayed/5 to give you a chance to do a maintainer upload if desired. Please see attached patch. Please cancel that nmu. Or I'll do it. You don't get to upload changes over the maintainer's specific objections. Done. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Martin Michlmayr wrote: I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation, so the real question is why it's not being installed. Looking at db/all.db, all of the machines have Required-packages: u-boot-tools, so in a way its already a universal dependency, I wonder if it wouldn't make more sense to make it a real dependency (as was done with the 3.4 upload)? Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Hi $Uploaders, Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (29/12/2012): Quoting Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org): Hi, and thanks for your report. u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do others think? Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I'm ready to upload flash-kernel with that fix. works for me, unless any uploader disagrees? Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Hi, 2013/1/2 Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org: Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (29/12/2012): u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do others think? Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I'm ready to upload flash-kernel with that fix. works for me, unless any uploader disagrees? +1, works for me Regards, -- Héctor Orón -.. . -... .. .- -. -.. . ...- . .-.. --- .--. . .-. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
* Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org [2013-01-02 19:50]: Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I'm ready to upload flash-kernel with that fix. works for me, unless any uploader disagrees? I disagree. flash-kernel maintains a database with information about each device, including a list of required packages. It will install those required packages. u-boot-tools is listed for the Linkstation, so the real question is why it's not being installed. Suschman: can you post the full installer log? -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Quoting Hector Oron (hector.o...@gmail.com): Hi, 2013/1/2 Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org: Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (29/12/2012): u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do others think? Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I'm ready to upload flash-kernel with that fix. works for me, unless any uploader disagrees? +1, works for me Upload done... signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Quoting Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org): Hi, and thanks for your report. u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do others think? Well, I even moved it to Depends in my commit. I'm not sure it is a good idea to rely on Recommends being installed if the mkimage program is required in some situations. I'm ready to upload flash-kernel with that fix. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Package: debian-installer Version: debian armel beta3 installer on linkstation pro Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, Clean installing Debian 7 with Beta3 netinstall on Linkstation Pro/Live fails kernel install. Started by copying uImage and initrd of installer to first disk partition and starting linkstation. Complete format of disk with partman in installer. Errorlog shows missing mkimage program at failed kernal install stage. Going into shell, chroot into /target, installing uboot-mkimage and restarting kernel-install task fixes the problem. This is maybe related to uboot-mkimage beeing transitional package (pulls u-boot-tools). -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: armel (armv5tel) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-orion5x Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Log Fail: Nov 20 20:47:40 in-target: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-orion5x Nov 20 20:48:16 in-target: flash-kernel: installing version 3.2.0-4-orion5x Nov 20 20:48:19 in-target: Generating kernel u-boot image... /usr/sbin/flash-kernel: 232: /usr/sbin/flash-kernel: mkimage: not found Nov 20 20:48:19 flash-kernel-installer: error: flash-kernel failed Nov 20 20:48:19 main-menu[1243]: WARNING **: Configuring 'flash-kernel-installer' failed with error code 1 Nov 20 20:47:40 in-target: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-orion5x Nov 20 20:48:16 in-target: flash-kernel: installing version 3.2.0-4-orion5x Nov 20 20:48:19 in-target: Generating kernel u-boot image... /usr/sbin/flash-kernel: 232: /usr/sbin/flash-kernel: mkimage: not found Nov 20 20:48:19 flash-kernel-installer: error: flash-kernel failed Nov 20 20:48:19 main-menu[1243]: WARNING **: Configuring 'flash-kernel-installer' failed with error code 1 Nov 20 20:48:19 main-menu[1243]: WARNING **: Menu item 'flash-kernel-installer' failed. Log after uboot-mkimage install in target: Nov 20 21:03:09 main-menu[1243]: DEBUG: resolver (libgcc1): package doesn't exist (ignored) Nov 20 21:03:12 main-menu[1243]: INFO: Menu item 'flash-kernel-installer' selected Nov 20 21:03:22 in-target: Reading package lists... Nov 20 21:03:22 in-target: Nov 20 21:03:22 in-target: Building dependency tree... Nov 20 21:03:25 in-target: Nov 20 21:03:25 in-target: Reading state information... Nov 20 21:03:25 in-target: Nov 20 21:03:27 in-target: flash-kernel is already the newest version. Nov 20 21:03:27 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Nov 20 21:03:30 in-target: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-orion5x Nov 20 21:04:05 in-target: flash-kernel: installing version 3.2.0-4-orion5x Nov 20 21:04:08 in-target: Generating kernel u-boot image... Nov 20 21:04:08 in-target: done. Nov 20 21:04:08 in-target: Installing new uImage.buffalo. Nov 20 21:04:08 in-target: Generating initramfs u-boot image... Nov 20 21:04:09 in-target: done. Nov 20 21:04:09 in-target: Installing new initrd.buffalo. Nov 20 21:04:09 main-menu[1243]: INFO: Restoring default debconf priority 'high' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#693839: debian-installer: kernel install fails on armel buffalo linkstation pro, missing uboot-mkimage
Control: reassign -1 flash-kernel 3.3 Control: severity -1 serious Suschman susch...@gmx.net (20/11/2012): Package: debian-installer Version: debian armel beta3 installer on linkstation pro Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, Clean installing Debian 7 with Beta3 netinstall on Linkstation Pro/Live fails kernel install. Started by copying uImage and initrd of installer to first disk partition and starting linkstation. Complete format of disk with partman in installer. Errorlog shows missing mkimage program at failed kernal install stage. Going into shell, chroot into /target, installing uboot-mkimage and restarting kernel-install task fixes the problem. This is maybe related to uboot-mkimage beeing transitional package (pulls u-boot-tools). Hi, and thanks for your report. u-boot-tools is only in “Suggests” for flash-kernel, while your situation suggests it might be better to have it in “Recommends”. What do others think? Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
