sarge backport of linux-2.6 stuff available, ...

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, I built backported versions of udev and kernel-package which would allow to build and use linux-2.6 2.6.12 inside sarge. This should allow to install linux-2.6 2.6.12-6 from sid directly even, i believe, without need to rebuild. I am currently building powerpc kernel packages, and will upl

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:54:09AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Now that linux 2.6.12-6 is ready to enter testing, (just waiting an RM > override for the hppa flavour rename) I don't see any reason here for the release team to override the out-of-date hppa packages. Removing them is an ftp team t

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 02:32:34AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > I don't see any reason here for the release team to override the > out-of-date hppa packages. Removing them is an ftp team task, not a > release team task. Why are they listed as out-of-date? There is no version in testing. Bastia

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:19:07PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 07:43:31AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Not a good idea. Why clutter the namespace of versions in order to adapt to > > non-debian needs. ? What is it you intent to do anyway ? > > My intent is to be able

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 07:43:31AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Not a good idea. Why clutter the namespace of versions in order to adapt to > non-debian needs. ? What is it you intent to do anyway ? My intent is to be able to tell the "branch" of the kernel based on `uname -r` (per subject). So if

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:33:29PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Sure, i am not stupid, i perfectly noticed that, now my question is why do you > want to know that ? That's for the klive project, I added two links in the first email just check it again. > Sure, it is a debian system, running a debi

Re: acct v3 support

2005-09-10 Thread Tim Schmielau
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 Horms wrote: > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:50:03PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > This breaks the accounting format, so it's a change that needs a lot > > of thought. > > I agree, though it is curious that it is enabled on alpha and hppa. > Does that imply that it works wit

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:57:12PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:33:29PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Sure, i am not stupid, i perfectly noticed that, now my question is why do > > you > > want to know that ? > > That's for the klive project, I added two links in th

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:57:12PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:33:29PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Sure, i am not stupid, i perfectly noticed that, now my question is why do > > you > > want to know that ? > > That's for the klive project, I added two links in th

Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels for powerpc for sarge. You will find all that is needed at : http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel or the apt source : deb http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel ./ These packages include : 1) backported k

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:02:38PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:57:12PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:33:29PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Sure, i am not stupid, i perfectly noticed that, now my question is why > > > do you > > > want to

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Andres Salomon
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 11:16:38PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to detect a debian kernel from uname -r. > > My suggestion would be to add a "-debian" at the end of the localversion > of kernels _patched_/modified by debian, and to leave the localversion > compl

debian stable version (installation problems)

2005-09-10 Thread enediel gonzalez
Hello: Using the netinst CD , I'm trying to install the stable version of debian, (i386) The PC has an Realtek onboard network card, I faced some errors installing, so, I decided to desactivate it an added a 3com905 network card, with this one the card's configuration procces passed whito

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:35:56PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > Quite honestly, I don't think we deviate enough from the mainline kernels > enough to warrant such a thing. The main patches we include are the stable > kernel patches, misc fixes backported from linus' git repo, architecture > patc

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:42:17PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:02:38PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:57:12PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:33:29PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Sure, i am not stupid, i perfe

Bug#320042: conflicting files with kernel-doc-2.6.11

2005-09-10 Thread Jurij Smakov
Hi, Since version 9.006 of kernel-package it supports building of the separate kernel-manual package, which will contain all the manual pages, included in kernel documentation. Accordingly, these manual pages will be dropped from kernel-doc/linux-doc package. Since different versions of the ke

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 03:04:06AM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:42:17PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:02:38PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:57:12PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 0

Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 02:54:47AM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:35:56PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > > Quite honestly, I don't think we deviate enough from the mainline kernels > > enough to warrant such a thing. The main patches we include are the stable > > kerne

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:08:45PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 12:18:50PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Sven Luther wrote: > > > So, the installer needs to be fixed ASAP. > > Getting a useable kernel into testing is a prerequsite for making the > > installer use it, not the o

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:52:53AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 02:32:34AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I don't see any reason here for the release team to override the > > out-of-date hppa packages. Removing them is an ftp team task, not a > > release team task. > Wh

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 02:32:34AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:54:09AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Now that linux 2.6.12-6 is ready to enter testing, (just waiting an RM > > override for the hppa flavour rename) > > I don't see any reason here for the release tea

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 04:14:36AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:52:53AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 02:32:34AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > I don't see any reason here for the release team to override the > > > out-of-date hppa packages

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > (CCing debian-release, as this may concern them, or they might have input, so > i hope they will also pick up the hppa flavour rename hint above, oh, and we > should kill all 2.6.8 and 2.6.11 packages from etch and sid now). No, existing kernels that are a) sources of udebs of

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:09:45AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > (CCing debian-release, as this may concern them, or they might have input, > > so > > i hope they will also pick up the hppa flavour rename hint above, oh, and we > > should kill all 2.6.8 and 2.6.11 packages from

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > So, the installer needs to be fixed ASAP. Getting a useable kernel into testing is a prerequsite for making the installer use it, not the other way around. In other words, the changes you recently made to base-installer for powerpc to make it install the new kernel that is no

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 12:18:50PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > So, the installer needs to be fixed ASAP. > > Getting a useable kernel into testing is a prerequsite for making the > installer use it, not the other way around. sure, will happen as soon as it gets hinted in. >