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Laszlo Marai | 5 Dec 16:08

Bug#507889: mdadm: initramfs-tools script is broken, system with root on RAID won't boot

Package: mdadm
Version: 2.6.2-2
Severity: critical
Tags: patch
Justification: breaks the whole system

The /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/mdadm script is broken and
thus an initrd regeneration will render the whole system unbootable. The
problem is with line 65: 
mkdir --parent /dev/md 
as the (busybox version of) mkdir
included on the initrd.img does only handle short options (-p and -m). The
fix is simple, just replace the offending line with:
mkdir -p /dev/md

  Laszlo / atleta

-- Package-specific info:
--- mount output
/dev/md0 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
/dev/md1 on /var/scratch type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
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Bernhard R. Link | 5 Dec 14:30
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Bug#507788: sysctl and modules

* Didier Raboud <didier <at> raboud.com> [081205 12:48]:
> It worked. BUT eth0 went autoconfigured and for some reason :
> 
> $ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
> 0
> $ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/autoconf
> 1
> 
> Putting net.ipv6.conf.eth0.autoconf=0 in /etc/sysctl.conf solves 'my' problem.
> 
> Still??? Weird.

What value is in /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/autoconf ?

Hochachtungsvoll,
	Bernhard R. Link
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Frans Pop | 5 Dec 14:00

Bug#504721: Console broken on debian-installer on Sparc LDOM

I've just tested the committed changes for i386 and s390.

For i386 'console-type' correctly returns "virtual" when booted in 
VirtualBox. I've not tested serial, but am confident that will work as 
well.

On s390 'console-type' returns nothing, which also seems correct as that 
is neither a virtual or serial console, but a dumb console. As we only 
test for '= serial' in reopen-console and everything is properly quoted 
this is no problem. Maybe a test for dumb could be added in the future.

So I'll go ahead and upload the new rootskel.

Cheers,
FJP
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Junichi Uekawa | 5 Dec 13:52

Bug#507879: keyjnote: keyjnote -> impressive rename; this package should not reach lenny

Package: keyjnote
Version: 0.10.2-1
Severity: serious

To avoid complications, we shouldn't release keyjnote 0.10.2-1 with lenny.

impressive 0.10.2r-1 is sitting in incoming.

http://ftp-master.debian.org/new/impressive_0.10.2r-1.html

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.eucJP, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.eucJP (charmap=EUC-JP) (ignored: LC_ALL set to ja_JP.eucJP)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages keyjnote depends on:
ii  perl                    5.10.0-17        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  poppler-utils           0.8.7-1          PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  python                  2.5.2-3          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-imaging          1.1.6-3          Python Imaging Library
ii  python-opengl           3.0.0~b6-2       Python bindings to OpenGL
ii  python-pygame           1.7.1release-4.2 SDL bindings for games development
ii  python-support          0.8.4            automated rebuilding support for P
ii  xpdf-reader             3.02-1.4         Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
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Didier Raboud | 5 Dec 13:42
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Bug#507788: sysctl.conf read before ipv6 module loaded, so cannot set ipv6 settings

Le vendredi 5 décembre 2008 12:35:44 Craig Small, vous avez écrit :
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 12:29:43PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > also sprach Craig Small <csmall <at> debian.org> [2008.12.05.1211 +0100]:
> > > There is no sensible fix for this.  The problem is that any time is the
> > > wrong time for the init script to run, for someone.
> >
> > Do you have specific examples that would break if procps ran at S40?
>
> Shifting it to 40 would probably fix your ipv6 related bug, I guess.
>
> There are some settings that need to be set before the interfaces come
> online, I'm not sure of the specifics but I do know these keys are out
> there and they do need to be set before networking starts.
>
> Ideally there probably should be some sort of runlevel type sysctl
> setup, that's going to be fiddly and not trivial to write, but not
> impossible either.
>
> My worry is that we move it, you're happy, people who have similiar
> problems to you are happy but then suddenly another group of people
> spring up with "hey, why did you move sysctl, you broke my system now"
>
>  - Craig

As ipv6 is a release goal, my guess is that a solution has to be found.
Then, why not getting opininons by consulting -devel about

* what would happen if procps was moved 
from	S30
		Required-Start:    mountkernfs
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Bernhard R. Link | 5 Dec 12:05
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Bug#507788: sysctl and modules

I'd like to note two things to this bug:

1) moving sysctl invocation later might open some subtile problems.
For example moving things like net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
after network initialisation might open up a window for attacks.
Or some of the arp related stuff, that might break in more complex
settings when in the short time the wrong packages are received.

2) ipv6 is not the only thing that needs the module loaded first.
For example when doing an nfs4 mount, you might need to set the
tcp callback port. But you need to set it before mounting (as otherwise
the mount will not use it, and perhaps even fail due to some firewalls)
but usually the nfs module is only loaded in the init.d script also
doing the mount, so /proc/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_callback_tcpport does not exist
before, so currently you have to add nfs to /etc/modules and so you can
set that value in sysctl.conf, so you get a working mount despite of the
over-zealous firewalls.

While the best solution would of course some meachnism to load the
appropiate modules for a needed file, the lack of some usable catalog
for that most likely will not make that very scaleable.

Another way would be to just add an additional construct so that with
something like

!modprobe nfs
or
!modprobe ipv6

in sysctl config files will modprobe the appropiate module before
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Craig Small | 5 Dec 12:07
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Bug#507788: procps: S4* instead of S04 ?

On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 11:05:34AM +0100, Didier Raboud wrote:
> * After the S40 scripts have executed, all local file systems are mounted
>   and networking is available. All device drivers have been initialized.
> 
> and the link to procps is actually (on my box at least) : /etc/rcS.d/S04procps
Mine's S30, which is what it should be for a default installation. It's
been 30 for a while now.

> Why not putting it in S40procps instead ?
I believe its before the network is up for a reason, ie the network
related stuff is all sorted out first.

 - Craig
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Tim Retout | 5 Dec 10:21

Bug#507865: openoffice.org-writer: OOo 2.4.x openinig OOo 3 files doesn't show text (2.x implements standard wrong)

On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 09:40 +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> But only when the text was formatted as hidden if I read the issue right?

Not only then.

Conforming documents (e.g. documents produced by Abiword are known to
sometimes have this) might have text:display="true" explicitly set,
which is then interpreted as hidden text by OO.o 2.x.

The reverse problem also occurs; hidden text in documents will be made
visible in OO.o 2.x.

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Debian Bug Tracking System | 4 Dec 23:57

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Bug#502123: xen-hypervisor-unstable-amd64: Post update from 3.2 -> 3.3, initrd which previously
worked fails
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Saist | 4 Dec 23:26

Bug#507836: dpkg: Dpkg -reconfigure xserver -xorg is broken

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.14.23
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

I'm not sure how to file this other than somebody in Debian made one of 
the most bone-headed decisions ever when producing the dpkg -reconfigure 
xserver -xorg. Has anybody on the debian programming team bothered 
dropping by the forums on forums.debian.net, www.mepislovers.org, or 
even the Ubuntu forums? There are several requests outstanding wanting 
to know why dpkg -reconfigure xserver -xorg is no longer allowing 
selection of the precise video driver desired, and why the precise 
resolution can no longer be selected. As far as I've read on the debian 
mailing lists nobody on the Debian dev teams wants to come forward and 
explain why one of the most powerful and useful tools in the Debian 
Operating System has been changed into something that more resembles a 
Microsoft product tool. The best explination I've seen consists of 
"making Debian easier to configure" ... well. That didn't happen. Debian 
isn't easier to configure. It's bloody impossible for the average user. 

So, we'll put this where it can't be ignored. As a bug report, calling 
out Debian for being dead wrong. Fix the dpkg -reconfigure xserver -xorg 
application. Swallow the pride, admit somebody in Debian blew it, put a 
front page post on Debian.org saying the tool is being restored to it's 
proper state.  

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Processed: closing 443040

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'close' is deprecated; see http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#closing.
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