Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 09:09:50AM -0600, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > No, Debian System Administrators. Oh great, we have overlapping acronyms. :) -- Len Sorensen

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:05 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > >> On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:09 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz >> wrote: >> >> We are currently in the process to properly move powerpc to Debian >> Ports. In the meantime, you can either reinstall your machine with >> Debian ppc64 from Debia

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Lennart Sorensen > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 01:55:28AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:09 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz >>> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, as announced by DSA, the powerpc buildds have been shut down: >> >> Forgive my ignor

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 01:55:28AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:09 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > > Yes, as announced by DSA, the powerpc buildds have been shut down: > > Forgive my ignorance, What is “DSA”? Debian Security Advisory I believe. -- Len Sorensen

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-29 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:09 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > We are currently in the process to properly move powerpc to Debian > Ports. In the meantime, you can either reinstall your machine with > Debian ppc64 from Debian Ports [1] or wait until the transition is > finished. Yes, I recal

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-29 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:09 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Yes, as announced by DSA, the powerpc buildds have been shut down: Forgive my ignorance, What is “DSA”? Thanks! Rick

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-29 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Cyril, Thanks for the clarification. I am subscribed to the debian-announce list, and I read the message you mention when it first came out. It doesn’t (at least to my eyes, I may be missing something) say anything specific about security.debian.org. What do you suggest I do? Should I jus

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 06/28/2018 05:33 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 06/28/2018 11:27 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: The original discussion was around powerpc which is 32-bit. Just taser me. That was not my intention at all I'm having fun and if you google me ... you know I support open source projects

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 06/28/2018 11:27 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> The original discussion was around powerpc which is 32-bit. > > Just taser me. That was not my intention at all. I just wanted to make clear we're not confusing the various PowerPC powers in Debian - they're four of them after all - with each other.

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 06/28/2018 05:09 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 06/28/2018 11:08 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: This is just the kernel. Your userland is still 32-bit, I assume: dpkg --print-architecture root@nix:~# dpkg --print-architecture ppc64 The ppc64 port was neither part of this discussion no

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 06/28/2018 11:08 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> This is just the kernel. Your userland is still 32-bit, I assume: >> >> dpkg --print-architecture > > root@nix:~# dpkg --print-architecture > ppc64 The ppc64 port was neither part of this discussion nor was it ever officially supported as an officia

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 06/28/2018 04:40 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 06/28/2018 10:35 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: It is perfectly possible to install the last supported 64-bit release and then dist-upgrade to sid and everything seems to run just fine. I am having no troubles ( nothing fascinating other th

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 06/28/2018 10:35 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > It is perfectly possible to install the last supported 64-bit release and > then dist-upgrade to sid and everything seems to run just fine. I am having > no troubles ( nothing fascinating other than some datatype weirdness ) on a > PowerMac G5 : Th

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
Yes, as announced by DSA, the powerpc buildds have been shut down: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2018/06/msg4.html Tears in all directions. At least from those of us that love our risc architectures. We are currently in the process to properly move powerpc to Debian Ports.

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Rick! On 06/28/2018 09:05 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian Jessie, has > been getting this error message when I try to do “apt update”: > >> W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease >> Unable to

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Rick, This has little to do with the installer team (debian-boot@), and it isn't (really) a powerpc-specific issue either. Rick Thomas (2018-06-28): > For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian > Jessie, has been getting this error message when I try to do “apt > update

Re: Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Rick, On 06/28/2018 09:05 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: Hi! For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian Jessie, has been getting this error message when I try to do “apt update”: W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease Unable to find e

Error trying to update powerpc64 Jessie machine.

2018-06-28 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi! For the last couple of days, my PowerPC64 machine, running Debian Jessie, has been getting this error message when I try to do “apt update”: > W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease > Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-powerpc/Packages' in Rele