Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-08 Thread Jim Paris
Hi Martin, > Anyway, could you see if using > > > http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/admin/mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239-8~unreleased.1_amd64.deb > > fixes the problem for you? Either by installing it into the chroot > by hand before APT does, or by adding > deb ht

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.10.07.2001 +0200]: > martin f krafft wrote: > > Would it be possible for you to reproduce this problem and make > > the output of > > > > DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND=1 sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst > > configure > > This won't work, you need to ed

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-07 Thread Joey Hess
martin f krafft wrote: > Would it be possible for you to reproduce this problem and make the > output of > > DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND=1 sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst configure This won't work, you need to edit the postinst and add set -x to the top to get a useful -x log. -- see shy jo s

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Paris
martin f krafft wrote: > > http://jim.sh/~jim/tmp/target.tar.gz > I don't know how DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND=1 would help things. Neither do I, but it does :) Here's how to demonstrate it using target.tar.gz on another system: su cd /tmp tar xzf target.tar.gz chroot target then you can see

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jim Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.10.06.2022 +0200]: > I did a new install (on i386 this time, previously I've been on > amd64), with the disk split into a root and RAID1 partition to ensure > mdadm would be installed. It failed during base install, at which > point I ran: Your help

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Paris
martin f krafft wrote: > Actually, I am not sure whether it has been fixed, since your fix > is simply to mount /proc, while my solution has nothing to do with > /proc, at least not directly. > > Would it be possible for you to reproduce this problem and make the > output of > > DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTE

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jim Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.10.06.1124 +0200]: > I ran into this problem on three installations now. The fix I used > was to switch to a virtual console during installation and run > > chroot /target > mount -t proc proc /proc > DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND=1 /var/lib/dpkg/info/m

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Paris
I ran into this problem on three installations now. The fix I used was to switch to a virtual console during installation and run chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND=1 /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst configure (press ENTER at each prompt) umount /proc exit