Bug#505609: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:25:45 -0400 (EDT), Ben Hutchings wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 09:43 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: do_bootloader = yes in /etc/kernel-img.conf means run the historic boot loader for this platform. For the i386 platform (and amd64) the historic boot loader is lilo.

Bug#505609: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:33:58PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: [...] I can maybe accept your proposal for Squeeze. But for Lenny, I believe that the maintainer scripts should be changed back they way they were. In other words, my $loader= lilo; # lilo, silo, quik, palo,

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2010-06-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 505609 linux-2.6 Bug #505609 [initramfs-tools] Unbootable after kernel upgrade: Lilo can't load kernel Bug reassigned from package 'initramfs-tools' to 'linux-2.6'. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need

Re: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-08 Thread Vincent Danjean
On 07/06/2010 17:37, Stephen Powell wrote: But for a kernel install or reconfigure, it is the responsibility of the kernel maintainer scripts to invoke the bootloader. See also, for example, linux-image-2.6.26-2-s390.postinst, where zipl is assigned as the bootloader on line 38. This really

Re: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 13:39 +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote: On 07/06/2010 17:37, Stephen Powell wrote: But for a kernel install or reconfigure, it is the responsibility of the kernel maintainer scripts to invoke the bootloader. See also, for example, linux-image-2.6.26-2-s390.postinst, where

Re: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:39:58 -0400 (EDT), Vincent Danjean wrote: On 07/06/2010 17:37, Stephen Powell wrote: But for a kernel install or reconfigure, it is the responsibility of the kernel maintainer scripts to invoke the bootloader. See also, for example, linux-image-2.6.26-2-s390.postinst,

new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-07 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:22:46 -0400 (EDT), sean finney wrote: On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:44:05AM +0400, William Pitcock wrote: Have fun. When you have a release that actually has merit, it can be reconsidered for inclusion in Debian. In the meantime, the original plan continues. actually,

Re: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-07 Thread Holger Levsen
reassign 505609 initramfs-tools thanks Hi Stephen, thanks for stepping up maintaining lilo in Debian! I hope you'll manage this well. On Montag, 7. Juni 2010, Stephen Powell wrote: Perhaps I can offer a solution here. Since William obviously doesn't wish to maintain this package any longer,

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2010-06-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 505609 initramfs-tools Bug #505609 [linux-2.6] Unbootable after kernel upgrade: Lilo can't load kernel Bug reassigned from package 'linux-2.6' to 'initramfs-tools'. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need

Re: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-07 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:33:52 -0400 (EDT), Holger Levsen wrote: Hi Stephen, thanks for stepping up maintaining lilo in Debian! I hope you'll manage this well. Um, thanks; but I don't understand the reassignment of bug number 505609 to package initramfs-tools. If you read my previous posts

Bug#505609: new lilo package maintainer? (was lilo removal in squeeze or please test grub2)

2010-06-07 Thread Michael Prokop
[Dropped the @lists.debian.org from Cc] * Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com [Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 11:37:57AM -0400]: On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:33:52 -0400 (EDT), Holger Levsen wrote: thanks for stepping up maintaining lilo in Debian! I hope you'll manage this well. Um, thanks; but I