[stretch] mc-4.8.18 broken, but fixed mc-4.8.19 released 5 March
Can the imminent Stretch release be upgraded to include 4.8.19, or can the fix for 3758 be backported? This is the annoying bug 4.8.18 has: http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/3758 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
segfault trying to install at netcfg[1996]
Using: http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso 27-Jan-2017 22:23 35M burned to CDRW. /proc/cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=linux vga=788 initrd=initrd.gz --- ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 netcfg/disable_dhcp=true netcfg/get_hostname=myhost base-installer/install-recommends=false splash=0 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk vtty4 tail: netcfg[1996] activating interface eth0 kernel 8139too :02:02.0 eth0: link up ... netcfg[1996] executing ip addr add 192.168.#.#/24 broadcast 192.168.#.255 dev eth0 netcfg[1996] No value provided init: process '/sbin/reopen-console /sbin/debian-installer' (pid 192) exited. Scheduleing for restart. init: starting pid 2013, tty '': '/sbin/reopen-console /sbin/debian-installer' kernel: debconf[232] segfault at 0 ip b759f52a sp bfa2bdac error 4 in libc.so.6[b752a000+1b1000] debconf: Setting debconf/language to en main-menu[2030] DEBUG: resolver (libgcc1): package doesn't exist (ignored) main-menu[2030] INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb main-menu[2030] INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb main-menu[2030] INFO: Menu item 'netcfg' selected netcfg[2042] INFO: Starting netcfg v.1.141 netcfg[2042] WARNING **: Couldn't read Wpasupplicant pid file, not trying to kill. netcfg[2042] INFO: Could not find valid BOOTIF= engry in in /proc/cmdline netcfg[2042] INFO: Taking down interface eth0 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: [stretch] mc-4.8.18 broken, but fixed mc-4.8.19 released 5 March
Andrey Rahmatullin composed on 2017-03-24 21:18 (UTC+0500): On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:51:25AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Can the imminent Stretch release be upgraded to include 4.8.19, or can the fix for 3758 be backported? This is the annoying bug 4.8.18 has: http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/3758 Start with reporting this bug at our BTS. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858808 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: segfault trying to install at netcfg[1996]
Julien Cristau composed on 2017-03-31 15:43 (UTC+0200): On 03/30/2017 01:10 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Using: http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso 27-Jan-2017 22:23 35M burned to CDRW. debian-devel is not the right place to report issues with the debian installer, please see https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/i386/ch05s04.html.en #submit-bug for instructions to submit installation reports. What I was hoping for were comments suggesting a known problem or a workaround. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859233 filed. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: [stretch] mc-4.8.18 broken, but fixed mc-4.8.19 released 5 March
Andrey Rahmatullin composed on 2017-04-01 01:49 (UTC+0500): On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:30:28PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Andrey Rahmatullin composed on 2017-03-24 21:18 (UTC+0500): > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:51:25AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > Can the imminent Stretch release be upgraded to include 4.8.19, or can the > > fix for 3758 be backported? > > This is the annoying bug 4.8.18 has: > > http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/3758 > Start with reporting this bug at our BTS. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858808 As the bug severity is normal this won't be included in stretch, see https://release.debian.org/stretch/freeze_policy.html If you say it's broken maybe you've chosen a wrong severity? The right severity doesn't exist: nuisance; for 5 years, because Stretch will be LTS. MC doesn't have an alpha, beta, final release program, so its bug fixes always have to wait for another release unless someone backports. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: [stretch] mc-4.8.18 broken, but fixed mc-4.8.19 released 5 March
Wouter Verhelst composed on 2017-04-02 20:59 (UTC+0200): On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 05:24:53PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Andrey Rahmatullin composed on 2017-04-01 01:49 (UTC+0500): On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:30:28PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Andrey Rahmatullin composed on 2017-03-24 21:18 (UTC+0500): > Start with reporting this bug at our BTS. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858808 (You got the version number wrong; I fixed that for you) ??? According to https://midnight-commander.org/ the current broken version is 4.8.18, same as the app reports in its help screen. Filing a report from a different machine there's no good way to know whatever additions the package management system may have tacked on, or is there? As the bug severity is normal this won't be included in stretch, see https://release.debian.org/stretch/freeze_policy.html If you say it's broken maybe you've chosen a wrong severity? The right severity doesn't exist: nuisance; for 5 years, because Stretch will be LTS. MC doesn't have an alpha, beta, final release program, so its bug fixes always have to wait for another release unless someone backports. Yes, but that's obviously not how Debian works. If you want to get this fix into Stretch, you have to convince the release managers and/or the Debian maintainer for mc that the bug is problematic enough that either backporting the fix for that bug, or updating the package to the new version, is worth it in spite of our release policy. How does one go about that? Whether that is the case for this particular bug isn't entirely clear. This is a pretty annoying issue; but from reading the bug report that you filed upstream, it doesn't feel like it's something that occurs in the default configuration. If you mean by "default configuration" a new installation and no previously saved settings rather than an upgrade, the bug is not apparent. However, after update from <4.8.18 to 4.8.18, the "default configuration" is to use the saved settings, which is why this bug manifests. The valid saved setting is improperly applied *every* time mc is started, not just on a first use. It requires a judgement call, which is for the maintainer and/or the release managers to make.-- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: [stretch] mc-4.8.18 broken, but fixed mc-4.8.19 released 5 March
Wouter Verhelst composed on 2017-04-02 23:05 (UTC+0200): > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858808 You already did the first step -- file a bug. Give the maintainer a few days to reply to it. You want to have that argument with the maintainer and/or the release managers, not with me ;-) Given the short period until projected release, I gave them 7 days before adding "that argument" to the report. 4.8.19 has reached openSUSE Tumbleweed, and I've found no fault with it. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
