Debian Bug report logs - #657830
win32-loader: Please make pxe.target depend on the ipxe package

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: win32-loader: Please make pxe.target depend on the ipxe package

Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:00:22 +0200

Package: win32-loader
Version: 0.7.4.3
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

Quoting from http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607417#43:
> That's the point of the pxe.target to "depend" on pxe.lkrn.
> I will enhance the code when {g,i}PXE enters Debian in order to
> copy the pxe.lkrn directly (as is done for gl2dr and loadlin.exe).

An ipxe package is available in Debian wheezy and sid:
$ rmadison ipxe
 ipxe | 1.0.0+git-2.149b50-1 | wheezy | source, all
 ipxe | 1.0.0+git-2.149b50-1 | sid    | source, all

It would be awesome if people could get win32-loader.exe directly from
the Debian archives (by decompressing the .deb of course).

Thank you very much,
Alkis Georgopoulos

Message #10 received at 657830@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Didier 'OdyX' Raboud" <odyx@debian.org>

To: Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>, 657830@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#657830: win32-loader: Please make pxe.target depend on the ipxe package

Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:26:08 +0100

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tags 657830 +patch
thanks

Le 29.01.2012 11:00, Alkis Georgopoulos a écrit :
> An ipxe package is available in Debian wheezy and sid:
> $ rmadison ipxe
>  ipxe | 1.0.0+git-2.149b50-1 | wheezy | source, all
>  ipxe | 1.0.0+git-2.149b50-1 | sid    | source, all
> 
> It would be awesome if people could get win32-loader.exe directly from
> the Debian archives (by decompressing the .deb of course).

Hi Alkis, and thanks for your bugreport,

I propose the attached patch that would do even "better", by providing a
win32-loader-pxe.exe from the Debian mirrors, available on
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/unstable/win32-loader-pxe.exe

That win32-loader-pxe.exe is basically the standalone win32-loader.exe
"plus" the PXE choice, so there is a (minor) duplication of
functionality, but the default win32-loader.exe pointed at by
get.debian.net and the installation manuals would stay the "normal"
win32-loader.exe

What do you (and debian-boot ?) think about that ?

Cheers,

OdyX

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Message #17 received at 657830@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>

To: 657830@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#657830: win32-loader: Please make pxe.target depend on the ipxe package

Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:43:28 +0200

Στις 31/01/2012 12:26 μμ, ο/η Didier 'OdyX' Raboud έγραψε:
> I propose the attached patch that would do even "better", by providing a
> win32-loader-pxe.exe from the Debian mirrors, available on
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/unstable/win32-loader-pxe.exe
>...
> What do you (and debian-boot ?) think about that ?


Sorry my English aren't good enough, I don't know many words better than 
"awesome", so "perfect" will have to do!

Just a notice though, in case anyone tries it: the iPXE package in 
Debian and Ubuntu is currently broken, it errors with "B: command not 
found" when loaded from grub:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipxe/+bug/916489

That error was fixed in a later upstream iPXE version, and AFAIK lynxman 
is working on packaging a new git snapshot and he's almost ready to 
upload it to Debian+Ubuntu:
https://code.launchpad.net/~lynxman/ubuntu/precise/ipxe/newsnapshot

Thanks again Didier!

Message #22 received at 657830@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>

To: "Didier 'OdyX' Raboud" <odyx@debian.org>

Cc: ftpmaster@debian.org, 657830@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: New win32-loader-pxe.exe on the mirrors network

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:03:42 +0100

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> FYI, here's what I proposed to solve #657830 . This would imply a new
> win32-loader-pxe.exe executable available from the mirrors network. As
> far as I can see, this should work "as is" with the current auto-byhand
> win32-loader script.

> If you have concerns regarding this strategy, please rise them on the
> 657830 bug.

Does it need to be a new binary, or can't this go into the normal one and
be just an "option to select PXE"?

>> I propose the attached patch that would do even "better", by providing a
>> win32-loader-pxe.exe from the Debian mirrors, available on
>> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/unstable/win32-loader-pxe.exe> 
>> That win32-loader-pxe.exe is basically the standalone win32-loader.exe
>> "plus" the PXE choice, so there is a (minor) duplication of
>> functionality, but the default win32-loader.exe pointed at by
>> get.debian.net and the installation manuals would stay the "normal"
>> win32-loader.exe

>> What do you (and debian-boot ?) think about that ?


-- 
bye, Joerg
What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.

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Message #27 received at 657830@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Didier 'OdyX' Raboud" <odyx@debian.org>

To: Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>, 657830@bugs.debian.org

Cc: ftpmaster@debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#657830: New win32-loader-pxe.exe on the mirrors network

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:03:09 +0100

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Hi Joerg, and thanks for your feedback;

Le 20.02.2012 08:03, Joerg Jaspert a écrit :
> Does it need to be a new binary, or can't this go into the normal one and
> be just an "option to select PXE"?

Not necessarily. I think there are basically three options to solve that
bug:

a) include the "PXE" option in the default win32-loader.exe (bumping its
size from 918K to 1.2M). This puts the PXE choice in the way of default
usage: right after the language choice, the user can choose between
"Normal mode", "Expert mode" or "PXE".
So option a) sums up to ~1.2M .

b) create two executables:
 1] win32-loader.exe for "default" usage (referred to from the
    installation manual, etc) that does not prompt the PXE option and
    weighs 918k;
 2] win32-loader-pxe.exe for "special" usage that permits _both_ secure
    d-i downloading and PXE installation. This one weighs 1.2M.
So option b) sums up to ~2.1M

c) create two executables:
  1] same as in b), the default "secure d-i downloader", 918K;
  2] a reduced "PXE" version, without the d-i downloader part, that
     would only be able to install PXE (unknown size yet).

Among those three options, a) and b) are straightforward with the
current code, while c) would imply more work, not done yet. That's
mostly why I picked the b) option, as it doesn't put the PXE prompt in
the default way of users. But c) seems superior, both in terms of size
and in terms of usage.

What do you bug readers think?

Cheers,

OdyX

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Message #32 received at 657830@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>

To: "Didier 'OdyX' Raboud" <odyx@debian.org>

Cc: 657830@bugs.debian.org, ftpmaster@debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#657830: New win32-loader-pxe.exe on the mirrors network

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:32:24 +0100

On 12762 March 1977, Didier Raboud wrote:

> Not necessarily. I think there are basically three options to solve that
> bug:
> a) include the "PXE" option in the default win32-loader.exe (bumping its
> size from 918K to 1.2M). This puts the PXE choice in the way of default
> usage: right after the language choice, the user can choose between
> "Normal mode", "Expert mode" or "PXE".
> So option a) sums up to ~1.2M .

> b) create two executables:
>  1] win32-loader.exe for "default" usage (referred to from the
>     installation manual, etc) that does not prompt the PXE option and
>     weighs 918k;
>  2] win32-loader-pxe.exe for "special" usage that permits _both_ secure
>     d-i downloading and PXE installation. This one weighs 1.2M.
> So option b) sums up to ~2.1M

> c) create two executables:
>   1] same as in b), the default "secure d-i downloader", 918K;
>   2] a reduced "PXE" version, without the d-i downloader part, that
>      would only be able to install PXE (unknown size yet).

> What do you bug readers think?

a

-- 
bye, Joerg
Some NM:
Debian is mostly about free keysigning^Wspeech.

Message #37 received at 657830-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>

To: 657830-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#657830: fixed in win32-loader 0.7.4.4

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:50:25 +0000

Source: win32-loader
Source-Version: 0.7.4.4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
win32-loader, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

win32-loader_0.7.4.4.dsc
  to main/w/win32-loader/win32-loader_0.7.4.4.dsc
win32-loader_0.7.4.4.tar.bz2
  to main/w/win32-loader/win32-loader_0.7.4.4.tar.bz2
win32-loader_0.7.4.4_all.deb
  to main/w/win32-loader/win32-loader_0.7.4.4_all.deb
win32-loader_0.7.4.4_all.exe byhand
win32-loader_0.7.4.4_all.txt byhand



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 657830@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org> (supplier of updated win32-loader package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:40:03 +0200
Source: win32-loader
Binary: win32-loader
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.7.4.4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
Description: 
 win32-loader - Debian-Installer loader for win32
Closes: 656772 656905 656906 657268 657830 661986 664982
Changes: 
 win32-loader (0.7.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   The « Миш » release.
 .
   * Updated translations:
     - Hebrew (Lior Kaplan)
     - Simplified Chinese (YunQiang Su). Closes: #656772
     - Serbian (Karolina Kalic). Closes: #656905
     - Serbian Latin (Karolina Kalic). Closes: #656906
     - Polish (Michał Kułach). Closes: #657268
     - Indonesian (Mahyuddin Susanto).
     - Danish (Joe Hansen). Closes: #661986
     - Croatian (Tomislav Krznar). Closes: #664982
   * Thanks to Christian Perrier for most updates above.
 .
   [ Didier Raboud ]
   * Make XFCE the default desktop on !linux.
   * Mark some targets as .PHONY to make sure they get rebuilt for each
     flavour.
   * Enable the two Serbian translations.
   * Add PXE functionality to the standalone flavour. (Closes: #657830)
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3.1 without changes needed.
   * Drop the versionned dependency on base-files, now satisfied in
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