Re: Bug#1004452: bullseye-pu: package gnupg2/2.2.27-2+deb11u1

2022-03-18 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Fri 2022-03-18 09:13:08 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Unfortunately it looks like the upload failed: > > gnupg2_2.2.27-2+deb11u1.dsc: Refers to non-existing file > 'gnupg2_2.2.27.orig.tar.bz2.asc' Sigh. thanks for the note. I've just tried again, this time including the orig.tar.bz2.asc in

Re: Bug#1004452: bullseye-pu: package gnupg2/2.2.27-2+deb11u1

2022-03-17 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Thu 2022-03-17 17:49:04 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Sat, 2022-02-19 at 22:24 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> On Sat 2022-02-19 17:09:21 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: >> > Control: tags -1 + confirmed d-i >> > > [...] >> > That lo

Re: Bug#1004452: bullseye-pu: package gnupg2/2.2.27-2+deb11u1

2022-02-19 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Sat 2022-02-19 17:09:21 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Control: tags -1 + confirmed d-i > > On Thu, 2022-01-27 at 17:02 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> Please consider an update to GnuPG in debian bullseye, from version >> 2.2.27-2 to 2.2.27-2+deb11u1. >> >

Bug#951367: [PATCH] don't pass an empty arg to wget when --verbose is applied (Closes: #951367)

2020-02-18 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
If NVSWITCH is empty, the old code was running wget '' … But this causes wget to fail to fetch the empty URL, which means the return code ends up being non-zero. This breaks sbuild-createchroot, which apparently always passes --verbose to debootstrap. This error was introduced in

Re: Bug#910398: stretch-pu: package gnupg2/2.1.18-8~deb9u3

2018-10-23 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Hi Adam-- On Tue 2018-10-23 16:18:05 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Sure, but that's not what I said. My distinction was between including > the gnupg update in the point release versus pushing it more urgently > via stable-updates. I never implied the updates shouldn't be released at > all.

Re: Bug#910398: stretch-pu: package gnupg2/2.1.18-8~deb9u3

2018-10-23 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Tue 2018-10-23 20:00:06 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > From discussions elsewhere, I understand that the "raw" upstream > enigmail - i.e. installed via upstream's addons service - is actually > already compatible with the new Thunderbird version, and the problem > only affects the Debian

Re: Bug#910398: stretch-pu: package gnupg2/2.1.18-8~deb9u3

2018-10-23 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Thanks to Adam for your ongoing work on the stable releases! I just wanted to clarify a few points here. On Tue 2018-10-23 08:57:08 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > An issue is that the gnupg update itself doesn't really qualify for > stable-updates any more than it qualifies for

Bug#795735: partman-crypto: always encrypt swap

2017-10-19 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
It's a shame that encrypted swap by default hasn't happened yet for debian. As i see it, the three outstanding concerns are: a) source of entropy at boot time b) actual hardware performance c) suspend-to-disk boot time entropy - The linux kernel's getrandom() situation is

Bug#877012: apt-setup: debian sources.list entries should have signed-by options pointing to specific keys

2017-09-27 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: apt-setup Severity: wishlist Control: clone -1 -2 Control: retitle -2 set up local repository keys using signed-by option, and do not use "apt-key add" Control: block -1 861695 -2 Control: affects 861695 + apt-setup When apt-setup creates a sources.list, it currently just expects every

Re: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Last chance for d-i changes in stretch

2017-05-30 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Mon 2017-05-29 08:16:11 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > If I upload win32-loader now, it will embed gpgv-win32 2.1.18-8, no matter > which gnupg2 version will be part of stretch. There are three alternatives, > in > decreasing order of preference: > * get gnupg2 in testing, upload

Bug#851774: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#851774: Stop using apt-key add to add keys in generators/60local

2017-02-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Sat 2017-02-04 19:48:54 -0500, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > I'm fine with (discovering and) following best practices. :) > [ dkg wrote: ] >> Regardless of the choice of filesystem location (fragment directory or >> elsewhere), gpgv does want to see the curated keyrings it depends on >> in binary

Bug#851774: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#851774: Stop using apt-key add to add keys in generators/60local

2017-02-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Sat 2017-02-04 19:35:58 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Over in #831409, i mentioned this simple pipeline to perform the actual > transformation: > > awk '/^$/{ x = 1; } /^[^=-]/{ if (x) { print $0; } ; }' | base64 -d > > Unfortunately, it looks to me like bus

Bug#851774: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#851774: Stop using apt-key add to add keys in generators/60local

2017-02-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Hi all-- On Sat 2017-02-04 18:25:52 -0500, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > I'm adding gnupg maintainers in cc since they might have interesting > tips for the implementation. Context: we need to replace apt-key add > calls with dropping files under the appropriate names for extra > repositories in a

Bug#823982: debootstrap: --variant=fakechroot fails when host system does not have dbus installed

2016-05-10 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.81 Severity: wishlist Control: affects -1 fakechroot dbus debirf On a very minimal/lean system running debian sid, i tried to do the following as a non-privileged user: fakechroot fakeroot /usr/sbin/debootstrap --variant=fakechroot --include=dbus sid ~/target

Re: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#814027: "ts209" d-i image failed to build due to size

2016-02-16 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Mon 2016-02-15 22:47:11 -0500, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I had an idea on how to solve this problem: in addition to building > gpgv-udeb from gnupg2, you could build a gpgv1.4-udeb on armel. I > could then use that gpgv1.4-udeb on the armel subarch with the size > issues. > > Would that work

Re: shipping libraries in debian for use when cross-building with mingw-w64-i686-dev (for win32-loader)

2016-02-15 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Hi Stephen-- Thanks for the prompt response! On Mon 2016-02-15 07:26:14 -0500, Stephen Kitt wrote: > This is where header files and DLLs should go; the compiler and linker > look there by default (/usr/{i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32/{include,lib}). > > The overrides mention "For now" because the

shipping libraries in debian for use when cross-building with mingw-w64-i686-dev (for win32-loader)

2016-02-14 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Hi Stephen and the d-i installer team-- (and hi Andreas, cc'ed here as libgcrypt maintainer in debian) I'm trying to sort out the cross-building toolchain in debian for making windows binaries, for the sake of making things that will contribute to win32-loader. My main question is: when

Re: gpgv udebs

2015-08-19 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Wed 2015-08-12 01:51:35 +0200, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: i believe the installer relies on gpgv for archive manifest signature verification. we have gpgv-udeb for that purpose, i think. One more followup about gnupg and udebs-- The gnupg packaging currently makes a gnupg-udeb in addition

Re: [pkg-gnupg-maint] gpgv udebs

2015-08-12 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Wed 2015-08-12 02:38:48 -0400, Werner Koch wrote: The use of libksba is unfortunate: # FIXME: Libkeybox.a links to libksba thus we need to add libksba # here, even that it is not used by gpg. A proper solution would # either to split up libkeybox.a or to use a separate keybox

gpgv udebs

2015-08-11 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
hi debian installer folks-- this message is not urgent, just a heads-up to the debian installer folks (and the pkg-gnutls folks, since libksba comes up later) from a gnupg maintainer. (i don't think i'm subscribed to debian-boot, please keep me cc'ed!) i believe the installer relies on gpgv for

Re: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#753163: Bug#753163: Fix before first point release ?

2015-05-07 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
over on https://bugs.debian.org/753163 ... On Tue 2015-04-28 03:14:45 -0400, Werner Koch wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:32, raphael.hal...@gmail.com said: Will this bug be fixed before the first point release ? [...] For the dependency problem there is a way out: Since GnuPG 2.1.2: *

Bug#774332: Bug#763391: chfn and fakechroot

2015-02-20 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Control: forcemerge 774332 745082 763391 Le vendredi 20 février à 19h 02mn 31s (+0100), John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : PS: I would suggest merging 745082, 763391 and 774332. They seem to describe the exact same bug. I agree they look similar, and i'm inclined to think that the

Bug#699136: installation-reports: partman hangs on Dell Optiplex 960

2013-01-27 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: network Image version: wheezy non-graphical netboot from 2013-01-13 (i think) Date: Date and time of the install Machine: Dell Optiplex 960 Partitions: df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred

Bug#699136: installation-reports: partman hangs on Dell Optiplex 960

2013-01-27 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Sun 2013-01-27 14:40:19 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: partman hung at either 50% or 54% during the Partition hard drives phase of the installer. switching to a vt, i was able to see that it appeared to be hung during 35dump. killing parted from a vt was successful, but each time i

Bug#664128: debian-installer: please default to grub-ieee1275 on powerpc instead of yaboot

2012-10-23 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 10/22/2012 05:55 PM, Milan Kupcevic wrote: We can allow d-i grub installation on powerpc machines for wheezy, but not make it default. [...] Manual creation of the appropriate partition in d-i (/boot/grub) will enable grub installation in wheezy d-i. Thus, we will be able to experiment

Bug#690017: task-gnome-desktop: first login on minimal Graphical Desktop Environment system yields Oh no! Something has gone wrong.

2012-10-08 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: task-gnome-desktop Version: 3.13 Severity: important I just did an install from the nightly debian-installer, in text mode, choosing default options all the way up to the tasksel screen. In the tasksel screen, i chose Graphical Desktop Environment and Standard System Utilities, and

Bug#690017: task-gnome-desktop: first login on minimal Graphical Desktop Environment system yields Oh no! Something has gone wrong.

2012-10-08 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 10/08/2012 09:56 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occured and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again. [Log Out] [...] I find that if i add the Print Server task from tasksel, log out

Bug#690017: gnome-session craps out when cups not available.

2012-10-08 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Control: retitle 690017 Oh no! Something has gone wrong when /var/run/cups/cups.sock is not accessible at login I wouldn't be surprised if #690017 and #687978 are caused by the same underlying problem. --dkg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Bug#664128: debian-installer: please default to grub-ieee1275 on powerpc instead of yaboot

2012-03-15 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist grub-ieee1275 is a powerful and effective bootloader for powerpc machines. It is significantly more flexible at runtime than yaboot, and provides a user experience more roughly comparable with installs on i386 and amd64 machines. Please have

Bug#664128: followup from phcoder

2012-03-15 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
phcoder gave me the following information on IRC about this transition: 15:13 phcoder dkg: install method can be changed to whatever yaboot currently uses for the ease of transition if I get enough info about what it does 15:13 phcoder And HFS+ works as well Regards, --dkg --

debian #624343 affects debian-installer

2011-05-01 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
affects 624343 debian-installer thanks I note that debian-installer happily creates LVM-over-RAID and dmcrypt-over-RAID setups (and lvm-over-dmcrypt-over-RAID setups, for that matter), and provides no warnings to the admin that these RAiD setups may not be re-syncable in the face of hardware

Bug#624481: debian-installer: kfreebsd-i386 unstable d-i cannot fetch partman-zfs

2011-04-28 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal I pulled the kfreebsd-i386 installer from here: http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/kfreebsd-i386/daily/netboot/debian-installer/kfreebsd-i386/ and i launched it in expert mode. I looked for the partman-zfs udeb in the list of download installer

Bug#624481: debian-installer: kfreebsd-i386 unstable d-i cannot fetch partman-zfs

2011-04-28 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 04/28/2011 03:31 PM, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: According the changelog [1] it was reenabled on partman-zfs version 6, currently available on testing and sid. yes, that's the one i found and downloaded. The bug appears to be that d-i doesn't know about it. --dkg signature.asc

Bug#610206: partman-auto: please make larger newworld bootblock by default (maybe 5MiB?)

2011-01-15 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: partman-auto Severity: wishlist I recently did an install of the squeeze beta2 d-i on powerpc. partman-auto set up a New World Bootloader partition with something around 800KiB of space. While this is fine for yaboot, grub-ieee1275 seems to prefer a larger partition. If i'm

Bug#591016: flash-kernel: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/flash_kernel_set_root mis-detects root filesystems for systems using ubifs

2010-07-31 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 07/31/2010 12:54 AM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Daniel Kahn Gillmor d...@fifthhorseman.net [2010-07-30 19:32]: There are recent changes in initramfs-tools to accommodate root filesystems on ubifs. flash-kernel should inherit these changes if possible, especially since ubifs is likely

Bug#591016: flash-kernel: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/flash_kernel_set_root mis-detects root filesystems for systems using ubifs

2010-07-30 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: flash-kernel Version: 2.32 Severity: normal When using an armel system with the root filesystem on ubifs, update-initramfs spews this error message: Warning: /etc/fstab parse error; guessing that the root device is /dev/sda2 it appears to be due to

Bug#532852: console-setup during initrd would also affect crypted-root systems

2010-03-12 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
it seems like #532852 (Please run console-setup during initrd phase) would also affect systems with a crypted root. that is, entering the passphrase to unlock the block device backing the root filesystem could be done with the machine's preferred keymap, instead of with whatever default appears.

Bug#496727: partman fails with LVM over dm-crypt over RAID with the lenny beta2 d-i

2008-08-28 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Thu 2008-08-28 11:40:51 -0400, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 09:45:33PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: Image version: lenny d-i beta2 FWIW, this arrangment (LVM over dm-crypt over RAID) seems like a reasonable common one, so it should be easy to configure from d-i. See

Bug#496727: partman fails with LVM over dm-crypt over RAID with the lenny beta2 d-i

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: installation-reports Boot method: netboot Image version: lenny d-i beta2 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:22:47 -0400 Machine: monkeyman Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz Memory: 1G Partitions: 0 shoveler:/# df -Tl FilesystemType 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on

Bug#466771: busybox cpio: double free or corruption during cpio extraction of hardlinks

2008-02-20 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.1.3-5 Severity: important -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 busybox cpio seems to corrupt its memory (maybe with a double free?) when extracting a hardlink. Here's a transcript of a simple case to trigger the failure: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ mkdir tt

Bug#233864: man-db error on debian-installer beta3

2004-04-16 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On April 14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Any chance you can get to this point again, then, from the console on Alt-F2, run 'nano /target/var/lib/dpkg/info/man-db.postinst', put the command 'set -x' on the second line, run 'chroot /target dpkg --configure man-db', and send the output to this

Bug#233864: man-db error on debian-installer beta3

2004-04-14 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
i just experienced the same error with man-db using debian-installer beta3 for powerpc. i'm running this on a blue iMac G3 (named kodkod), and i get the same error Laurent described during installation of the base system: dpkg:error processing man-db (--configure): subprocess