[Simple-cdd-devel] Bug#809579: Building with custom splash fails - missing "ppmtolss16" (missing dependency: syslinux-utils)
Vagrant Cascadian
vagrant at debian.org
Tue Jan 19 22:16:31 UTC 2016
Control: reassign 809579 debian-cd
Control: tags 809579 pending
Control: affects 809579 simple-cdd
On 2016-01-01, Alexandre Rosenberg wrote:
> I am using simple-cdd on Debian stable. I a small issue when trying to include a custom splash screen:
>
> 1. Following line was added to simple-cdd configuration file (profile.conf)
>
> ----
> SPLASHPNG="$HOME/my-simple-cdd/profiles/custom_splash.png"
> ----
SPLASHPNG is implemented in simple-cdd simply by calling debian-cd, so
reassigning.
> 2. Generating the iso using this profile failed:
>
> ----
> (...)
> Adding BIOS boot code for amd64 on CD1
> gtk/vmlinuz identical to ../vmlinuz. Linking
> /home/iso/my-simple-cdd/tmp//debian-cd/tools/boot/jessie/boot-x86: line 393: ppmtolss16: command not found
> ppmquant: making histogram...
> ppmquant: 16 colors found
> ppmquant: choosing 16 colors...
> ppmquant: mapping image to new colors...
> FAILED: error 127
> Failed to start disc 1, error 32512
> Makefile:408: recipe for target 'image-trees' failed
> make: *** [image-trees] Error 127
> ----
>
> 3. I figured out I was missing the tool "ppmtolss16" which is part of the package "syslinux-utils"
>
> After installing the package "syslinux-utils" everything works as
> expected.
>
>
> For this reason, I am wondering if "syslinux-utils" should not be made a dependency.
Looks like debian-cd has already added syslinux-utils as a Recommends in
git, but it hasn't yet been uploaded to the Debian.
live well,
vagrant
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