Hello All,

i am using the sparc64 netinstall image of 2022-03-28.

This worked earlier this year but currently fails with the updated
files from debian servers during tasksel as follows:

ep 25 13:42:18 pkgsel: starting tasksel
Sep 25 13:42:21 in-target: Reading package lists...
Sep 25 13:42:23 in-target:
Sep 25 13:42:23 in-target: Building dependency tree...
Sep 25 13:42:25 in-target:
Sep 25 13:42:25 in-target: Reading state information...
Sep 25 13:42:25 in-target:
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: tasksel is already the newest version (3.70).
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: The following package was automatically
installed and is no longer required:
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: libicu67
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: The following additional packages will be installed: Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: gcc-12-base libatomic1 libc-bin libc6
libgcc-s1 libssl3 libstdc++6
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: libsystemd-shared libsystemd0 systemd
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: Suggested packages:
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: glibc-doc locales libnss-nis
libnss-nisplus systemd-container systemd-homed
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: systemd-userdbd systemd-boot
systemd-resolved libfido2-1
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0 libtss2-mu0
libtss2-rc0 policykit-1
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: Recommended packages:
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: manpages default-dbus-system-bus |
dbus-system-bus systemd-timesyncd
Sep 25 13:42:29 in-target: | time-daemon
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: The following packages will be REMOVED:
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: locales
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed:
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: libatomic1 libssl3 libsystemd-shared
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: The following packages will be upgraded:
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: gcc-12-base libc-bin libc6 libgcc-s1
libstdc++6 libsystemd0 systemd
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: 7 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 1 to remove
and 36 not upgraded.
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: E
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: :
Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target: Packages need to be removed but remove is disabled. Sep 25 13:42:30 in-target:
Sep 25 13:42:30 main-menu[236]: (process:5798): dpkg-divert: warning:
diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package
with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Sep 25 13:42:30 main-menu[236]: (process:5798): dpkg-divert: warning:
diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package
with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Sep 25 13:42:30 main-menu[236]: WARNING **: Configuring 'pkgsel'
failed with error code 100
Sep 25 13:42:30 main-menu[236]: WARNING **: Menu item 'pkgsel' failed.
Sep 25 13:42:39 main-menu[236]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit
from 'high' to 'medium'
Sep 25 13:42:39 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
Sep 25 13:42:45 main-menu[236]: INFO: Falling back to the package
description for brltty-udeb


What can i do to work around it?

Regards,
Connor

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Hello!

On 9/25/22 15:56, Connor McLaughlan wrote:

This worked earlier this year but currently fails with the updated
files from debian servers during tasksel as follows:

This might be related to the ongoing usr-merge but I'm not sure. I'm
planning to publish new installation images next week. Cannot do it
earlier as I am currently lying in bed with a cold.

Adrian

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Hello Adrian,

thank you for your reply. Health comes first, please take your time
to get well.

I encountered the usr-merge problem i guess when i first tried to set
up a separate /usr partition. This will abort the installation with an
error saying one needs an initramfs.
After repartitioning without the use of a /usr partition, this error
came not up anymore.

After that i encountered the error of my post above which seems to be caused by 2.34-7 https://packages.debian.org/de/sid/libc-bin
and
2.34-7 https://packages.debian.org/de/sid/locales-all

not matching to 2.35-1 https://packages.debian.org/de/sid/locales

During installation i chrooted into /target, installed 2.34-7
locales-all and locales manually and had to set them to hold with
apt-mark.

I was then able to proceed and complete the installation for now. (to
be further tested, but the installer showed no further error).

Regards,
Connor

On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 5:26 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

Hello!

On 9/25/22 15:56, Connor McLaughlan wrote:

This worked earlier this year but currently fails with the updated
files from debian servers during tasksel as follows:

This might be related to the ongoing usr-merge but I'm not sure. I'm
planning to publish new installation images next week. Cannot do it
earlier as I am currently lying in bed with a cold.

Adrian

--
.''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
: :' : Debian Developer
`. `' Physicist
`- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913

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