Bug#780994: flash-kernel: Missing dependency on u-boot-tools fails initramfs-tools to fail

2015-03-24 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Jan 01, 1970 at 12:49:11AM +, Martin Stigge wrote: > Package: flash-kernel > Version: 3.33 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > I just installed flash-kernel but didn't have u-boot-tools installed. I > believe it's the initramfs trigger that failed with the following: > > Generating boot s

Bug#780994: flash-kernel: Missing dependency on u-boot-tools fails initramfs-tools to fail

2015-03-24 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Ian Campbell [2015-03-24 10:11]: > > To be honest, why not just use the packaging system metadata and stop > > trying to reinvent it badly? We've had bugs like this reported for > > ages, and it's not doing our users any favours. Just add it as a > > Recommends and be done. It's not like the u-b

Bug#780994: flash-kernel: Missing dependency on u-boot-tools fails initramfs-tools to fail

2015-03-24 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 09:29 +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 08:55:49AM +, Ian Campbell wrote: > >On Thu, 1970-01-01 at 00:49 +, Martin Stigge wrote: > >> That's easily resolved by installing the u-boot-tools package, but I would > >> have expected that do be a depende

Bug#780994: flash-kernel: Missing dependency on u-boot-tools fails initramfs-tools to fail

2015-03-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 08:55:49AM +, Ian Campbell wrote: >On Thu, 1970-01-01 at 00:49 +, Martin Stigge wrote: >> That's easily resolved by installing the u-boot-tools package, but I would >> have expected that do be a dependency in that case. I see that it's a >> Suggests, but looks rather

Bug#780994: flash-kernel: Missing dependency on u-boot-tools fails initramfs-tools to fail

2015-03-24 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 1970-01-01 at 00:49 +, Martin Stigge wrote: > That's easily resolved by installing the u-boot-tools package, but I would > have expected that do be a dependency in that case. I see that it's a > Suggests, but looks rather essential to me. u-boot-tools is not a strict requirement for fl

Bug#780994: flash-kernel: Missing dependency on u-boot-tools fails initramfs-tools to fail

2015-03-22 Thread Martin Stigge
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.33 Severity: normal Hi, I just installed flash-kernel but didn't have u-boot-tools installed. I believe it's the initramfs trigger that failed with the following: Generating boot script u-boot image... /usr/sbin/flash-kernel: 348: /usr/sbin/flash-kernel: mkimage