[Yaird-devel] Bug#346141: linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp: the package doesn't configure

[Steve Langasek]

unmerge 346141
reassign 346141 linux-2.6
severity 346141 serious
severity 343147 serious
merge 346141 343147
thanks

On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 12:33:53AM +0100, Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> reassign 346141 yaird
> severity 346141 important
> merge 341524 346141
> thanks

> * Fabien COUTANT wrote:
> > You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version
> > 2.6.15-1-k7-smp) on a machine currently running kernel version
> > 2.4.31-k7-smp.

> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341524

> In short, yaird doesn't work on kernel 2.4. Known limitation in yaird,
> and not a bug in the kernel. As a workaround, update to 2.6.8-2-k7-smp
> first.

Yes, it's a known limitation in yaird, one that isn't likely to be fixed any
time soon given that yaird depends heavily on sysfs on the host system.

So why do the official 2.6.15 packages in unstable still depend on
yaird | initramfs-tools, instead of initramfs-tools | yaird?

Marked as "serious", because I don't believe it's acceptable to release 2.6
kernels for etch without a clear and automated upgrade path from sarge
(i.e., 2.4).

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon at debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/
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