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Csanyi Pal
May 22, 2013, 4:00:01 PM5/22/13
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Hi,
I have the Bubba Two hardware [1], and I'm running on it the Debian
Squeeze operating system so far.
I have installed Squeeze by following these steps described here:
http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2518
Now since Wheezy is out as stable release, I want to upgrade my Squeeze
system to Wheezy.
Is it possible to do this by following advices from here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
>From where can I install the kernel for the Wheezy system for this
hardware?
Is there some dependencies regarding kernel and wheezy GNU system?
In other words, must I have on this hardware ( Bubba Two is a headless
server box ) a particular linux image that can work together with the
rest of the GNU system ( Wheezy )?
My apt sources.list is:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb http://update.excito.org/ marielle main
[1] http://excito.com/
Bubba Two is an older hardware as Bubba 3.
It is a PowerPC.
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I have the Bubba Two hardware [1], and I'm running on it the Debian
Squeeze operating system so far.
I have installed Squeeze by following these steps described here:
http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2518
Now since Wheezy is out as stable release, I want to upgrade my Squeeze
system to Wheezy.
Is it possible to do this by following advices from here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
>From where can I install the kernel for the Wheezy system for this
hardware?
Is there some dependencies regarding kernel and wheezy GNU system?
In other words, must I have on this hardware ( Bubba Two is a headless
server box ) a particular linux image that can work together with the
rest of the GNU system ( Wheezy )?
My apt sources.list is:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb http://update.excito.org/ marielle main
[1] http://excito.com/
Bubba Two is an older hardware as Bubba 3.
It is a PowerPC.
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Sven Joachim
May 22, 2013, 4:50:02 PM5/22/13
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On 2013-05-22 21:56 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> I have the Bubba Two hardware [1], and I'm running on it the Debian
> Squeeze operating system so far.
> I have installed Squeeze by following these steps described here:
> http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2518
>
> Now since Wheezy is out as stable release, I want to upgrade my Squeeze
> system to Wheezy.
>
> Is it possible to do this by following advices from here:
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
This is not the right document for your hardware, you want to
> I have the Bubba Two hardware [1], and I'm running on it the Debian
> Squeeze operating system so far.
> I have installed Squeeze by following these steps described here:
> http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2518
>
> Now since Wheezy is out as stable release, I want to upgrade my Squeeze
> system to Wheezy.
>
> Is it possible to do this by following advices from here:
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
s/i386/powerpc/ in the above URL.
>>From where can I install the kernel for the Wheezy system for this
> hardware?
>
> Is there some dependencies regarding kernel and wheezy GNU system?
> In other words, must I have on this hardware ( Bubba Two is a headless
> server box ) a particular linux image that can work together with the
> rest of the GNU system ( Wheezy )?
syscall. At least one year ago, the Squeeze kernel did not provide this
particular syscall on powerpc (it does on x86 though), and on my (purely
virtual) machine udev entered an infinite loop in the initramfs.
So before you upgrade your userland, I'd strongly recommend that you get
hold of a newer kernel first, e.g. from squeeze-backports. How to boot
it - I don't know.
Cheers,
Sven
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Csanyi Pal
May 25, 2013, 1:30:01 PM5/25/13
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Sven Joachim <sven...@gmx.de> writes:
> On 2013-05-22 21:56 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> I have the Bubba Two hardware [1], and I'm running on it the Debian
>> Squeeze operating system so far.
>> I have installed Squeeze by following these steps described here:
>> http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2518
>>
>> Now since Wheezy is out as stable release, I want to upgrade my Squeeze
>> system to Wheezy.
>>
>> Is it possible to do this by following advices from here:
>> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
>
> This is not the right document for your hardware, you want to
> s/i386/powerpc/ in the above URL.
Yes, indeed. I should use instead:
> On 2013-05-22 21:56 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> I have the Bubba Two hardware [1], and I'm running on it the Debian
>> Squeeze operating system so far.
>> I have installed Squeeze by following these steps described here:
>> http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2518
>>
>> Now since Wheezy is out as stable release, I want to upgrade my Squeeze
>> system to Wheezy.
>>
>> Is it possible to do this by following advices from here:
>> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
>
> This is not the right document for your hardware, you want to
> s/i386/powerpc/ in the above URL.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
>>>From where can I install the kernel for the Wheezy system for this
>> hardware?
>>
>> Is there some dependencies regarding kernel and wheezy GNU system?
>> In other words, must I have on this hardware ( Bubba Two is a headless
>> server box ) a particular linux image that can work together with the
>> rest of the GNU system ( Wheezy )?
>
> Yes, udev in Wheezy requires a kernel >= 2.6.32 with the accept4(2)
> syscall. At least one year ago, the Squeeze kernel did not provide this
> particular syscall on powerpc (it does on x86 though), and on my (purely
> virtual) machine udev entered an infinite loop in the initramfs.
>
> So before you upgrade your userland, I'd strongly recommend that you get
> hold of a newer kernel first, e.g. from squeeze-backports. How to boot
> it - I don't know.
Linux b2 2.6.39.4-4 #1 Fri Aug 19 14:41:59 CEST 2011 ppc GNU/Linux
so, I actually run the proper kernel, right?
So I think that that I can go with distribution upgrade, right?
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Sven Joachim
May 25, 2013, 1:50:02 PM5/25/13
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On 2013-05-25 19:19 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> Sven Joachim <sven...@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> On 2013-05-22 21:56 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>>
>>> Is there some dependencies regarding kernel and wheezy GNU system?
>>> In other words, must I have on this hardware ( Bubba Two is a headless
>>> server box ) a particular linux image that can work together with the
>>> rest of the GNU system ( Wheezy )?
>>
>> Yes, udev in Wheezy requires a kernel >= 2.6.32 with the accept4(2)
>> syscall. At least one year ago, the Squeeze kernel did not provide this
>> particular syscall on powerpc (it does on x86 though), and on my (purely
>> virtual) machine udev entered an infinite loop in the initramfs.
>>
>> So before you upgrade your userland, I'd strongly recommend that you get
>> hold of a newer kernel first, e.g. from squeeze-backports. How to boot
>> it - I don't know.
>
> Well, I just run 'uname -a' command on that operating system and get:
> Linux b2 2.6.39.4-4 #1 Fri Aug 19 14:41:59 CEST 2011 ppc GNU/Linux
>
> so, I actually run the proper kernel, right?
I think that's sufficient - accept4() for powerpc was added in 2.6.37,
> Sven Joachim <sven...@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> On 2013-05-22 21:56 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>>
>>> Is there some dependencies regarding kernel and wheezy GNU system?
>>> In other words, must I have on this hardware ( Bubba Two is a headless
>>> server box ) a particular linux image that can work together with the
>>> rest of the GNU system ( Wheezy )?
>>
>> Yes, udev in Wheezy requires a kernel >= 2.6.32 with the accept4(2)
>> syscall. At least one year ago, the Squeeze kernel did not provide this
>> particular syscall on powerpc (it does on x86 though), and on my (purely
>> virtual) machine udev entered an infinite loop in the initramfs.
>>
>> So before you upgrade your userland, I'd strongly recommend that you get
>> hold of a newer kernel first, e.g. from squeeze-backports. How to boot
>> it - I don't know.
>
> Well, I just run 'uname -a' command on that operating system and get:
> Linux b2 2.6.39.4-4 #1 Fri Aug 19 14:41:59 CEST 2011 ppc GNU/Linux
>
> so, I actually run the proper kernel, right?
if I understand it correctly¹.
> So I think that that I can go with distribution upgrade, right?
Cheers,
Sven
¹ https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=86250b9d12caa1a3dee12a7cf638b7dd70eaadb6
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Csanyi Pal
May 31, 2013, 1:50:01 PM5/31/13
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Hi Sven,
Sven Joachim <sven...@gmx.de> writes:
> On 2013-05-25 19:19 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> so, I actually run the proper kernel, right?
>
> I think that's sufficient - accept4() for powerpc was added in 2.6.37,
> if I understand it correctly¹.
>
>> So I think that that I can go with distribution upgrade, right?
>
> Probably - if it breaks, I'll deny any responsibility, though. ;-)
OK ;-)
I'm going to upgrade the system, following advices here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
I come to the Chapter '4.2.2. Disabling APT pinning'.
I have in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ only one file, called 'excito':
<quote>
# B3 apt preferences
#
# Changes in this file might break your system
#
# Stable bubba release, currently elvin
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, n=elvin, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999
# Unstable bubba release, always vincent
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, n=vincent,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999
# Unstable bubba release, always vincent
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, n=hugo,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999
# Old stable release, currently vacant
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, a=oldstable, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 1000
# Stable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600
# Unstable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze_forhugo,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600
# Unstable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze_forvincent,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600
# Stable bubba debian upstream, currently vacant
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, a=upstream_oldstable, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 601
# Upstream main debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=main
Pin-Priority: 500
# Upstream contrib debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=contrib
Pin-Priority: 400
# Upstream non-free debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=non-free
Pin-Priority: 300
</quote>
Well, these lines are a black magic for me.
Must I change here something, to allow the upgrade of packages?
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Sven Joachim <sven...@gmx.de> writes:
> On 2013-05-25 19:19 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> so, I actually run the proper kernel, right?
>
> I think that's sufficient - accept4() for powerpc was added in 2.6.37,
> if I understand it correctly¹.
>
>> So I think that that I can go with distribution upgrade, right?
>
> Probably - if it breaks, I'll deny any responsibility, though. ;-)
I'm going to upgrade the system, following advices here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
I come to the Chapter '4.2.2. Disabling APT pinning'.
I have in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ only one file, called 'excito':
<quote>
# B3 apt preferences
#
# Changes in this file might break your system
#
# Stable bubba release, currently elvin
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, n=elvin, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999
# Unstable bubba release, always vincent
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, n=vincent,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999
# Unstable bubba release, always vincent
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, n=hugo,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999
# Old stable release, currently vacant
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Excito, a=oldstable, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 1000
# Stable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600
# Unstable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze_forhugo,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600
# Unstable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze_forvincent,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600
# Stable bubba debian upstream, currently vacant
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian Squeeze, a=upstream_oldstable, v=1.0,
origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 601
# Upstream main debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=main
Pin-Priority: 500
# Upstream contrib debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=contrib
Pin-Priority: 400
# Upstream non-free debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin:
release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=non-free
Pin-Priority: 300
</quote>
Well, these lines are a black magic for me.
Must I change here something, to allow the upgrade of packages?
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May 31, 2013, 3:30:02 PM5/31/13
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minimal system upgrade.
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