Debian Bug report logs - #21770
boot-floppies: search for base2_0.tgz should be more intelligent

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Package: boot-floppies; Maintainer for boot-floppies is (unknown);

Reported by: <wichert@wiggy.ml.org>

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:33:01 UTC

Severity: fixed

Merged with 25274

Found in version 2.0.5

Fixed in version boot-floppies/2.2.2

Done: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>:
Bug#21770; Package boot-floppies. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to <wichert@wiggy.ml.org>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


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From: <wichert@wiggy.ml.org>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: boot-floppies: search for base2_0.tgz should be more intelligent
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:23:44 +0200
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.0.5

I'm trying to install a new system using the 2.0.5 bootfloppies via NFS.
After selecting the NFS server and the location of the Debian sources
dinstall starts looking for base2_0.tgz. It has been hitting the NFS-server
for over 10 minutes now, which is very annoying.

Please make the search smarter or add an option to enter the location 
manually.

Wichert.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (frozen)
Kernel Version: Linux pc135a 2.1.96 #49 Fri Apr 17 15:55:09 CEST 1998 i586 unknown



Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>:
Bug#21770; Package boot-floppies. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 21770@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
To: wichert@wiggy.ml.org, 21770@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#21770: boot-floppies: search for base2_0.tgz should be more intelligent
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:32:46 +0100
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 10:23:44PM +0200, wichert@wiggy.ml.org wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 2.0.5
> 
> I'm trying to install a new system using the 2.0.5 bootfloppies via NFS.
> After selecting the NFS server and the location of the Debian sources
> dinstall starts looking for base2_0.tgz. It has been hitting the NFS-server
> for over 10 minutes now, which is very annoying.
> 
> Please make the search smarter or add an option to enter the location 
> manually.

There's an option to enter the location manually. But the system builds
the list before displaying that dialog box. I am going to modify it so
that it only builds the list if the user chooses the "list" option.

	Thanks,
--
Enrique Zanardi						   ezanardi@ull.es


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>:
Bug#21770; Package boot-floppies. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.ml.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at 21770@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.ml.org>
To: Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>, 21770@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#21770: boot-floppies: search for base2_0.tgz should be more intelligent
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:15:49 +0200
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Previously Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> There's an option to enter the location manually. But the system builds
> the list before displaying that dialog box. I am going to modify it so
> that it only builds the list if the user chooses the "list" option.

That would do nicely. On a related note: after about 15 minutes I got
the list and was surprised to see the m68k bootdisks in there. Could
dinstall check /proc/cpuinfo (or a uname() call) to check the processor
type? You can also use that to prune the search when you hit a binary-xxx/
directory when xxx is not the current architecture.

Wichert.
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Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>:
Bug#21770; Package boot-floppies. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #20 received at 21770@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
To: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.ml.org>, 21770@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#21770: boot-floppies: search for base2_0.tgz should be more intelligent
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:26:57 +0100
On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 12:15:49PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> > There's an option to enter the location manually. But the system builds
> > the list before displaying that dialog box. I am going to modify it so
> > that it only builds the list if the user chooses the "list" option.
> 
> That would do nicely. On a related note: after about 15 minutes I got
> the list and was surprised to see the m68k bootdisks in there. Could
> dinstall check /proc/cpuinfo (or a uname() call) to check the processor
> type? You can also use that to prune the search when you hit a binary-xxx/
> directory when xxx is not the current architecture.

The installation system has an "architecture" variable hardcoded at 
compile-time, so I will use that to implement a smarter search system.

	Thanks,
--
Enrique Zanardi						   ezanardi@ull.es


Merged 21770 25274. Request was from Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>:
Bug#21770; Package boot-floppies. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #27 received at 21770@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>
To: wichert@wiggy.ml.org, 21770@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#21770: boot-floppies: search for base2_0.tgz should be more intelligent
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 20:30:14 +0200
> I'm trying to install a new system using the 2.0.5 bootfloppies via NFS.
> After selecting the NFS server and the location of the Debian sources
> dinstall starts looking for base2_0.tgz. It has been hitting the NFS-server
> for over 10 minutes now, which is very annoying.

To address this, I've added the following todo entry:

- [04/27/1998, wichert] The search for the base system should be
  smarter.  When using an NFS mounted directory, it takes several
  minutes to find it.  It will even display base systems for m68k,
  powerpc, alpha etc.  The goal is to a) use the <architecture> which
  is hardcoded and b) use a more specific search path if possible,
  e.g. after `/debian' `/dists/{stable,frozen,unstable}/main/disks-<arch>'
  and `/local'. (Bug#2177)

Currently I'm not able to fix it, since I haven't fully understood
the proper routine.  Needs some work.

> Please make the search smarter or add an option to enter the location
> manually.

This is fixed in Slink boot-disks.

Regards,

	Joey

-- 
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Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>:
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Notification sent to <wichert@wiggy.ml.org>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #34 received at 25274-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
To: 25274-done@bugs.debian.org, 32581-done@bugs.debian.org, 37045-done@bugs.debian.org, 43057-done@bugs.debian.org, 43058-done@bugs.debian.org, 47633-done@bugs.debian.org, 48872-done@bugs.debian.org, 49517-done@bugs.debian.org, 49524-done@bugs.debian.org, 49976-done@bugs.debian.org, 52106-done@bugs.debian.org, 52304-done@bugs.debian.org, 52692-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: bugs closed in boot-floppies 2.2.2 (unstable)
Date: 20 Dec 1999 20:52:36 -0500
These bugs were closed in boot-floppies 2.2.2, now in unstable.

-- 
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
boot-floppies (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * this version of boot-floppies is not yet feature complete for potato.
    We still need a lot of help in making dbootstrap better.  Other things
    which are still dreadfully wrong:
      - task package selection not yet integrated
      - xviddetect/anXious not yet integrated
      - apt configurator not yet integrated
      - unified i18n/l10n language/charset not yet fully implemented
      - perl-base still has lots of problems
      - modconf still has tons of problems
    Please volunteer on debian-boot@lists.debian.org or notify/pester/NMU
    the appropriate packages
  * busybox: update to 0.39 from Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>;
    enable lots of new commands in busybox, which saves space on root.bin;
    new commands: syslogd, logger, ping, tail
  * overall aesthetics, cleanup, and maintainability fixes; fix numerous
    problems relating to compatability with the new busybox
  * base: add fbset, move all arches to libpopt0 and libnewt; remove
    bloat pkgs such as libstdc++2.9 and perl-5.005; new pcmcia 
    (closes: Bug#52692)
  * rescue: add sed (from 'sed' package); add lazybox 'free'; remove
    fgrep; stop having vi pose as ae, but instead it emit a message; fix
    bad errors in rescue/modules install.sh scripts (closes: Bug#49517);
    update f*.txt messages for i386, boot arguments documentation in
    particular expanded and updated; fix "restart dbootstrap" by looping
    in /etc/init.d/rcS
  * dbootstrap: added hostname sanity check to netconfig.c (closes:
    Bug#37045); use syslog for logging of all cmd output, which stops
    stuff from getting scribbled on the screen (closes: Bug#32581);
    preliminary support for install base via http
  * root: re-enable library reduction on alpha; provide usr/bin/eject from
    eject package on m68k (closes: Bug#52304)
  * documentation: fix to work with new debiandoc-sgml (currently at
    1.1.36); top-level README for developers mentions you need a head to
    build (closes: Bug#49524); new base size is (at least) 45MB (maybe more)
  * new top level command, 'make mirror' to make a mirror of the
    packages needed to build base; 'make check' improved
  * top-level Makefile: 'make check' now includes $(local_dir) in its
    attempts to populate updates/, checks zlib-bin in i386 check deps; use
    zlib-bin's miniunzip rather than the non-free unzip
  * control: depend on libi18n-langtags-perl, flex; remove depends on
    slice and suggests on unzip
  * remove dpkg-multicd, gettext, perl-5.005, libstdc++2.9, libdb2 from
    base (closes: Bug#48872)
  * rethink file naming:
         .../disks-<arch>/[subarch/][alt-kernel/]disks-<size>/
    Common files should appear on the top-most level at which they are
    common.  This is a deeper directory structure but it will enable us to
    have consistency across architectures and be easier for users to
    understand.  For i386 1440k rescue disk, this is now
    'disks-1.44/rescue.bin', which has the benefit of being ok for a FAT
    filesystem (closes: Bug#43057) -- NOTE: this new system introduces
    file naming issues for file searching in dbootstrap which are not yet
    implemented on all platforms -- YMMV
  * add top-level release/README file describing the new file layout, etc.
  * i386: support for dac960 controller on root disk and base disks;
    switch to 2.2.13 kernel (closes: Bug#52106)
  * i18n: portuguese keyboard support added (closes: Bug#49976);
    pt.po fixed (closes: Bug#47633); Hungarian (hu) translation added;
    Esperanto (eo) updated
  * i18n: groundwork for conherent/consistent i18n/l10n handling, see
    utilities/language-chooser for info (this is not yet part of the
    built boot-floppies)
  * more bug closing of things fixed with kernel 2.2.x 
    (closes: Bug#43058, Bug#25274)

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:48:49 -0600


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