[arch-releng] Dep cycles in core and 2009.01

[Troy Ankersen]

My testing USB of image.

archlinux-2009.01-beta3-ftp-i686.img
Real hardware

Boot failure
several "failed to mount /dev/sda(x) then system freezes just as described 
in FS#12896.

troy


> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:55:55 +0100
> From: dieter at plaetinck.be
> To: arch-releng at archlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [arch-releng] Dep cycles in core and 2009.01
>
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:23:56 -0600
> Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de>
> > wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag 29 Januar 2009 20:24:28 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
> > >> If all goes as planned, the
> > >> same beta3 images will be used for release.
> > >
> > > So, its more an RC then. :-) Maybe you could even move it straigt
> > > to the ftp dir with its final name and if nothing goes wrong we can
> > > just announce it on Monday. This way it will be already synced by
> > > the mirrors.
> >
> > Well, the only thing I realized is that the core ISOs don't have the 4
> > packages I just moved on them. Signoffs took too long. So at the very
> > least the core ISOs will need to be rebuilt.
> >
> > beta3 ISOs are uploading now (my little script I ran last night failed
> > at the upload step, had to upload this morning). x86_64 still
> > building, will be uploaded as they complete
>
> Fwiw, i just finished a test..
> 1) archlinux-2009.01-beta3-core-i686-isolinux.iso
> 2) packages from core on cd
> 3) virtualbox-ose 32bit
> 4) grub
> 5) autoprepare with ext4 for / and /home
>
> Install succeeded, but I had the following non-critical issues:
> (for some people the archiso-early one might be critical)
>
> 1) archiso-early problem: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13049
> 2) texinfo and bash packages, when being installed give "scriptlet
> failed to execute successfully"
> 3) dependcy cycle: bash/readline/ncurses will be installed before
> their glibc dependency.
> 4) nextitem bug still there. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12947
> 5) 2 lines are being echoed to stdout in grub section.
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13050
>
>
>
> Oh and btw: my fever is almost entirely gone now :))
>
> Dieter



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