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Author: fsmithred
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] vdev packaging
On 08/27/2016 11:13 PM, Ralph Ronnquist wrote:
> Ralph Ronnquist wrote on 28/08/16 11:37:
>>
>> fsmithred wrote on 28/08/16 01:12:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Sadly, I'm not getting Ralph's i386 build to boot. It's hanging on usb
>>> (keyboard). Any time I type, I get a usb disconnect and connect message.
>>>
>>
>> I'm afraid it was a worse problem. I had updated (improved) the
>> initramfs hook and then packaged it all without proper testing. This
>> also affected the amd64 version, which thus fails to build the initrd
>> properly. The amd64 packages are now corrected, and I'll also update the
>> i386 packages shortly.
>>
>> If on inspection you find /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/vdev being
>> non-executable, you should refetch vdev_1.0beta-1_amd64.deb (or all of
>> them) and reinstall. (If it already is executable, you have the initial
>> release, i.e., without the improved script, and can thus sit back to
>> enjoy life as usual)
>
> Corrected packages available at the same place as before:
> https://git.devuan.org/ralph.ronnquist/vdev/tree/master/release
>
> Note that there is now an explicit dependency on makedev, which might
> cause a slight hiccup for an i386 installation. If so, a normal "apt-get
> -f install" will sort it out.
>
> Ralph.


The corrected amd64 packages work. I just downloaded, installed and
rebooted with the new initrd. Smooth as silk.

-fsr