Bug#806496: ramsize/rdev/rootflags/vidmode prematurely removed from util-linux

2015-11-28 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: tags -1 + upstream wontfix Hello Elliott Mitchell. Thanks for your bug report. On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 02:01:19PM -0800, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > Package: util-linux > Version: 2.20.1-5.3 > > Sorry, I hate to have to report it, but as of 4.2 the x86

Bug#806496: ramsize/rdev/rootflags/vidmode prematurely removed from util-linux

2015-11-28 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 11/27/2015 05:01 PM, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > Package: util-linux Version: 2.20.1-5.3 > > Sorry, I hate to have to report it, but as of 4.2 the x86 (both > ia32 and amd64) Linux kernel still supports the features > manipulated by these

Bug#806496: ramsize/rdev/rootflags/vidmode prematurely removed from util-linux

2015-11-28 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 10:23:50AM +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > Control: severity -1 wishlist I believe this is quite inappropriate. Quoting the documentation for bug severities: "wishlist: for any feature request, and also for any bugs that are very difficult to fix due to major design

Bug#806496: ramsize/rdev/rootflags/vidmode prematurely removed from util-linux

2015-11-28 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 04:39:48PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: > On 11/27/2015 05:01 PM, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > Package: util-linux Version: 2.20.1-5.3 > > > > Sorry, I hate to have to report it, but as of 4.2 the x86 (both > > ia32 and amd64) Linux kernel still supports the features > >

Bug#806496: ramsize/rdev/rootflags/vidmode prematurely removed from util-linux

2015-11-27 Thread Elliott Mitchell
Package: util-linux Version: 2.20.1-5.3 Sorry, I hate to have to report it, but as of 4.2 the x86 (both ia32 and amd64) Linux kernel still supports the features manipulated by these commands. Until the Linux kernel removes these features, removal of the commands is quite premature. I'm cringing