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Things we really should fix before rc2:
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- fix red screen problem
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- localization-config (needs to get debs to testing)
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(needs to be checked that it's on the cds and works)
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- udebs and debs and udeb source must be synced in sarge
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Things that would be nice for rc2, but can't block it:
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- pcmcia-cs resource range detection
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(untested patch from per)
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- X's failure to use read-edid at all (#264792)
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- vmelilo-installer needs to remove no_bootloader
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from /target/etc/kernel-img.conf
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- whiptail breaks time zone selection for argintina, other bad bugs
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(fixed in whiptail 0.51.6-12)
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- gnome-cups-manager fix #271405 (ugly error on desktop install)
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(fixed in 0.22-2, not yet in testing)
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- support for root on raid
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(needs polish)
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This TODO list can only touch on some larger issues, but there are a great
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many open bugs on various components of the installer. See all bugs tagged
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d-i in the BTS. Also, there are many unprocessed installation-reports bugs.
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Status for different parts of debian-installer. The numbers are
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approximate (as in +/- 50%) and may change in any direction, at any
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time.
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[0%] Not begun
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- some architectures
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hurd-i386 (we will ship w/o this)
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sh (we will ship w/o this)
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[30%] Might need large rewrites. Current implementation might
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work by accident
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- GUI frontend to cdebconf.
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There are some basic implementations. The trick is to make
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it a GUI that does not suck, while still using debconf
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underneath.
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- ppp support
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Not as important for analog dialup, as for ISDN, pppoe.
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[60%] Needs some work, but does its grunt work
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- I18N
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Mostly done, still filling in minor holes.
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- translations
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Varying languages translated to varying degrees.
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http://people.debian.org/~seppy/d-i/translation-status.html
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- boot loader installers (lilo, grub, etc)
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Work, except for when they don't. See BTS.
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- anna
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Works, mostly. Needs support for Release files.
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Support for signed Release files would be cool, but
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needs gpgv-udeb.
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Needs to have load-installer properly split out of the anna
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binary to save space on root floppy. Or removed, not used
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anymore.
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- disk selector, partitioner
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We have switched to partman everything except a couple of
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subarches and s390.
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- bugreporter-udeb
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only supports saving to floppy, which many lack
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should offer a way to save via network or to usb stick
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- post-reboot configuration
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base-config is stable, though it could use more polish
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i18n is needed.
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Some questions repeat questions from d-i.
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- web site
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http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
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Could be better laid out, lacking some sections, other
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parts are quite good.
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- archive integration
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No automatic propagation to testing.
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No source propagation for udeb sources!
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- pcmcia support
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Much improved, generally works now.
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Automatic PCI resource range exclusion based on probing
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still needed, work in progress.
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- low memory support
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Where "low" is 32-46 mb!
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Works, but user must be careful to set up swap ASAP.
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There is no sanity checking, and some bad failure modes.
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- user documentation
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Installation manual is up-to-date for i386.
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Needs sanity checking for other architectures.
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Translations need updates.
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- developer documentation
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We understand it, but casual hackers have a high barrier to
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doing simple things like using a custom kernel.
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- 2.6 support
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Works on i386, with minor bugs.
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Works on powerpc, at least newworld. Testing on
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other subarches needed, especially G5 and oldworld (with
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mkvmlinuz).
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- preseeding
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Some things still cannot be preseeded. This is generally a
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bug in the udeb's use of debconf.
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- some architectures
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i386
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ia64
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powerpc
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mips
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SGI (mips/r4k-ip22 and mips/r5k-ip22)
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- fix parted's DVH disk labels support (#239371)
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Documentation, manual
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mipsel
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DECstation (mipsel/r3k-kn02 and mipsel/r4k-kn04)
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- cannot boot from CD (see end of #241231)
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Cobalt (mipsel/cobalt)
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- figure out whether to set link_in_boot=yes
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(see trunk/packages/rootskel/debian/templates-arch)
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- boot has to be ext2 -r 0
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- support installs via SSH, w/o serial console
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- boot: use: execute rd_start=0x{initrd-start} rd_size=0x{initrd-size} console=ttyS0,{console-speed}
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- debconf should output progess on the LCD
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Documentation, manual
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XXX the above may be somewhat out of date
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m68k (some subarches)
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alpha
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sparc
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arm (some subarches)
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hppa
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amd64 (unofficial)
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s/390
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lowmem issues
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On its first release, probably still some problems.
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[90%] Single missing important feature or bug.
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- hw-detect
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Working but needs to be switched over to discover2
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- iso-scan
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Works, but does not flag the disk the iso is mounted from
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as unusable by the rest of the installer.
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- netcfg
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Working, pending rewrite for IPv6.
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- bts
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Still need a non-manual way to tag our bugs.
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- language-chooser
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The perennial problem is how to order/present the list of
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languages. Many complaints, but it works.
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- base system installer
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It can break due to testing package churn. cdebootstrap
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would fix this; also debootstrap/apt/archive changes in
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progress to add Base: overrides to Packages files.
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[100%] Those shouldn't need to be touched any more
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(famous last words)
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- udpkg
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- cd installs
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- net retriever
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- cdrom retriever
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- ethdetect
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- cdebconf
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- floppy retriever
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- main-menu
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- choose-mirror
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- busybox integration
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- install media build system
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- kernel-package integration
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- library reduction
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- wireless support
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Post-sarge goals
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- remove skolelinux/woody compatability code (after careful
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consideration and making sure it's ok) (joeyh)
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- switch to discover 2 (joeyh)
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- switch to cdebootstrap (joeyh)
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- 2.6 as default kernel on i386 (joeyh)
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- 2.6 floppies on i386 (joeyh)
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- fix pkg-lists names to match images (joeyh)
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- improve udeb dependancies and use fully in pkg-lists (joeyh)
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- consistent indentation of all shell scripts
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(with a style that minimises size on initrd! :-) (joeyh)
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- drop devfs! (joeyh)
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- improve base-installer kernel robustness (Kamion)
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- improve base-installer progress bar granularity (Kamion)
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- merged/rewritten localechooser (Bubulle)
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- 16 mb installs
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- graphical installer (markos, kamion)
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- finish partman (anton)
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- handle debian upgrades in partman (anton)
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- fai integration (markos)
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- cloning from installer system (luther)
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- base-installer test suite (kamion)
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- discover2 (gaudenz)
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- hotplug (gaudenz, kamion)
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- udev (kamion)
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- use same device names in installer and installed
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system (kamion)
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- non-linux d-i (jbailey)
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- libc udeb renamed to include version number (jbailey)
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- "vague thoughts of making debian-cd my bitch" (jbailey)
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- moon-buggy udeb (cts@debian)
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- britney and udebs
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- fai disk config files in d-i (holger)
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- low(er) mem (zboob)
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- etch in 2005 (or bust) (jvw)
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- uml for testing d-i (anton)
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- udebs and debs of same name (joeyh, gaudenz)
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- post reboot network configuration (kamion)
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- real deb from archdetect udeb (luther)
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- getting rid of hardcoded paths in d-i (kamion)
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Common problems and transitions
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This is a list of common mistakes that need to be corrected throughout the
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code base:
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* All debconf commands that INPUT, GO, GET or SET questions should check
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their return value. This is pure evil:
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debconf->command(debconf, "GET", "mirror/suite", NULL); /* unchecked return code ! */
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asprintf(&command, "foo %s", debconf->value);
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system(command);
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* cdebconf's debconfclient.h has a set of macros for calling debconf
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(debconf_get() and so on)
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These should perhaps be used consistently throughout the code for
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clarity.
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* There needs to be a centralised logging method. Syslog will do, but
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we currently have a lot of nasty code that appends messages to
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/var/log/messages directly. All of that would be converted to pipe it
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to logger. However, this is a problem, because piping a command to
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logger loses the exit status of the command. Need some way to run a
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command, logging the ouput to syslog, w/o losing exit status.
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* udebs should not include md5sums files, or postrm, prerm, preinst
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scripts. This includes ones generated by debhelper. Linda will find
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these pretty well.
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* There is no need to set the seen flag anymore. All code that does so
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should be removed, unless that code is expected to also possibly run on
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a normal debian system (choose-mirror).
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