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Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions

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On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 08:38:57AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> - kernel-image-* packages are now shipping /boot/vmlinuz-* (or
>   /boot/vmlinux-* depending on the arch), instead of just /boot/vmlinuz
>   (respectively /boot/vmlinux).

This was even dependent on architecture.  A lot of secondary
architectures already had various suffixes.

> - Modules are compressed now, so the drm workaround needed an updated to
>   cope with the extra .xz suffix:
>     https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/-/commit/bd0f1106f90756e6f4514108492d71e1f2e695ea

This now hardcodes .xz.  And I'm not really sure what this does and why
this can't be fixed in the kernel packages.

> - Finally, the armel build fails because it can't find its kernel. The
>   marvell flavour seems to have been dropped entirely (at least that's
>   how I read the linux changelog for 6.6.3-1~exp1:
>     https://tracker.debian.org/news/1482751/accepted-linux-663-1exp1-source-into-experimental/

Yes, the kermel was broken and the checks for this disabled since quite
some time.

Bastian

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Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2023-12-24 08:40 +0100
  Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2023-12-24 09:20 +0100
    Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> - 2023-12-24 09:40 +0100
      Re: Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2023-12-24 11:40 +0100
  Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2023-12-24 13:10 +0100
    Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2023-12-24 17:40 +0100
  Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2023-12-25 12:50 +0100
    Re: Immediate fallouts from the big linux changes, and actions Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2023-12-29 12:20 +0100

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