Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-02 Thread Andreas Jochens
On 06-May-02 20:01, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 01 May 2006 08:52, Andreas Jochens wrote: > Adding the extra files under installer/build is no real issue. Any changes > in tools or the Makefile needed? Adding the extra ppc64 specific files should be sufficient. > > I had to set up the network m

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 12:09:00AM +0200, Andreas Jochens wrote: > Hello, > > On 06-May-01 19:23, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 09:49:03AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Notice that once we are going multi-arch (probably not for etch though), > > > the > > > 64bit architectur

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 07:23:10PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 09:49:03AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:52:58AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > > Please provide the full picture. We may re-evaluate after that. > > > > Notice that once we are g

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 08:01:00PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 01 May 2006 08:52, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > The 'debian-installer' patch which I am currently using to build and > > test d-i on ppc64 is 96 lines long. It basically reuses the config > > files from the existing powerpc/power

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 08:49:07AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:52:58AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Sunday 30 April 2006 11:17, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > > Please do not tag wishlist requests for the addition of 'ppc64' > > > to the architecture line in debian/contr

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 01 May 2006 08:52, Andreas Jochens wrote: > The 'debian-installer' patch which I am currently using to build and > test d-i on ppc64 is 96 lines long. It basically reuses the config > files from the existing powerpc/powerpc64 case by directly including > them. Adding the extra files un

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-02 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:52:58AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 30 April 2006 11:17, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > Please do not tag wishlist requests for the addition of 'ppc64' > > to the architecture line in debian/control as 'wontfix'. > > How many other patches will be needed to get the l

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-01 Thread Andreas Jochens
Hello, On 06-May-01 19:23, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 09:49:03AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Notice that once we are going multi-arch (probably not for etch though), the > > 64bit architecture will be called powerpc64, and not ppc64. The ppc64 effort > > is a different thing

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-01 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 09:49:03AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:52:58AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > Please provide the full picture. We may re-evaluate after that. > > Notice that once we are going multi-arch (probably not for etch though), the > 64bit architecture wil

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:52:58AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 30 April 2006 11:17, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > Please do not tag wishlist requests for the addition of 'ppc64' > > to the architecture line in debian/control as 'wontfix'. > > How many other patches will be needed to get the l

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-05-01 Thread Andreas Jochens
Hello Frans, thank you for your reply to my call for help! I know that you have a lot of serious work to do for the release architectures. So thanks again for taking the time to look at the comparatively unimportant ppc64 case. On 06-May-01 03:52, Frans Pop wrote: > How many other patches will be

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-04-30 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 30 April 2006 11:17, Andreas Jochens wrote: > Please do not tag wishlist requests for the addition of 'ppc64' > to the architecture line in debian/control as 'wontfix'. How many other patches will be needed to get the level of ppc64 support you are aiming for? If the current set is all,

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-04-30 Thread Andreas Jochens
On 06-Apr-29 20:51, Frans Pop wrote: > tags 365203 - pending > tags 365203 + wontfix > tags 365345 + wontfix > tags 339716 + wontfix > tags 354947 + wontfix > thanks > > I'm very sorry, but after discussing this during the d-i development > meeting and consulting with Release Management, we feel

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-04-29 Thread Frans Pop
tags 365203 - pending tags 365203 + wontfix tags 365345 + wontfix tags 339716 + wontfix tags 354947 + wontfix thanks I'm very sorry, but after discussing this during the d-i development meeting and consulting with Release Management, we feel that the ppc64 port ever reaching the archives is curr

Bug#365203: rootskel: Please support the ppc64 architecture

2006-04-28 Thread Andreas Jochens
Package: rootskel Version: 1.31 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hello, the following patch creates the /lib64 symlink which is currently created on the amd64 architecture also on ppc64. The /lib64 symlink is necessary to make the installer images work on ppc64 because the dynamic linker has to b