Bugs in package base-installer -- Debian Bug report logs

Outstanding bugs -- Important bugs; Unclassified (4 bugs)
Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Patch Available (4 bugs)
Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Unclassified (13 bugs)
Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; More information needed (1 bug)
Outstanding bugs -- Minor bugs; Unclassified (1 bug)
Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Patch Available (3 bugs)
Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Unclassified (7 bugs)
Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Will Not Fix (1 bug)

#660734 [i|H|=] [base-installer] d-i: radeon: Please make sure firmware is installed or the user warned about its lack
Reported by: Josef Vogt <[email protected]>; Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:21:06 UTC; Severity: important; Tags: d-i, help, wheezy; Merged with 661069; Found in version base-installer/1.125; Filed 13 years and 84 days ago; Modified 4 years and 187 days ago;
#747045 [i| | ] [base-installer] base-installer: Install hangs when attempting to format EFI system partition
Reported by: Mike <[email protected]>; Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 00:12:01 UTC; Severity: important; Filed 11 years and 11 days ago; Modified 10 years and 358 days ago;
#801961 [i| | ] [base-installer] base-installer: needs to install queued packages before linux-image
Reported by: Julian Hughes <[email protected]>; Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:12:02 UTC; Severity: important; Filed 9 years and 211 days ago; Modified 3 years and 164 days ago;
#880938 [i| | ] [base-installer] base-installer: must define _GNU_SOURCE for vasprintf in pkgdetails.c
Reported by: Shawn Landden <[email protected]>; Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 20:39:02 UTC; Severity: important; Found in version base-installer/1.171; Filed 7 years and 190 days ago; Modified 7 years and 190 days ago;

#585133 [n|+| ] [base-installer] devices created by MAKEDEV during installation are lost due improper setup of /target/dev/.static/dev
Reported by: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:21:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Tags: patch; Found in version base-installer/1.107; Filed 14 years and 341 days ago; Modified 14 years and 341 days ago;
#603892 [n|+| ] [base-installer] base-installer: Add YDL PowerStation regression test
Reported by: Milan Kupcevic <[email protected]>; Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:51:05 UTC; Severity: normal; Tags: patch; Filed 14 years and 180 days ago; Modified 9 years and 32 days ago;
#650437 [n|+| ] [base-installer] missing dependency on nullfs-modules
Reported by: Robert Millan <[email protected]>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:33:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Tags: patch; Filed 13 years and 168 days ago; Modified 11 years and 79 days ago;
#811243 [n|+| ] [base-installer] base-installer: shouldn't assume that file protocol is only used for CD (image) installs
Reported by: [email protected]; Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 05:57:02 UTC; Severity: normal; Tags: patch; Found in version base-installer/1.160; Filed 9 years and 119 days ago; Modified 7 years and 364 days ago;

#196033 [n| | ] [base-installer] No _meaningful_ feedback when debootstrap fails
Reported by: Peter Hawkins <[email protected]>; Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 23:48:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Found in version 0.022; Filed 21 years and 349 days ago; Modified 19 years and 223 days ago;
#239758 [n| | ] [base-installer] debian-installer: tmpfs disk gets full when trying bootstrapping again
Reported by: Ove Kaaven <[email protected]>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:18:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Filed 21 years and 54 days ago; Modified 21 years and 41 days ago;
#250413 [n| | ] [base-installer] installation of the apt-install queue is not robust enough
Reported by: Joey Hess <[email protected]>; Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 20:18:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Filed 20 years and 360 days ago; Modified 19 years and 223 days ago;
#381573 [n| | ] [base-installer] Unable to abort if package download fails
Reported by: Matt Kraai <[email protected]>; Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 15:18:13 UTC; Severity: normal; Found in version base-installer/1.63; Filed 18 years and 285 days ago; Modified 18 years and 285 days ago;
#533579 [n| | ] [base-installer] base-passwd install fails with fatal "syntax error: unknown user `mpd'"
Reported by: Scott Ingram <[email protected]>; Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:18:02 UTC; Severity: normal; Filed 15 years and 332 days ago; Modified 11 years and 79 days ago;
#626217 [n| | ] [base-installer] Default /etc/kernel-img.conf should have do_symlinks=no; nothing needs those links now
Reported by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>; Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:21:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Filed 14 years and 7 days ago; Modified 7 years and 348 days ago;
#701681 [n| | ] [base-installer] initramfs-tools/driver-policy prompt should strongly recommend "generic"
Reported by: Alexander Perlis <[email protected]>; Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:18:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Found in version base-installer/1.130; Filed 12 years and 79 days ago; Modified 12 years and 79 days ago;
#721869 [n| | ] [base-installer] install appropriate linux-headers
Reported by: Joey Hess <[email protected]>; Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 21:06:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Filed 11 years and 253 days ago; Modified 11 years and 250 days ago;
#748579 [n| | ] [base-installer] base-installer fails to copy the live system
Reported by: Sebastian Kanis <[email protected]>; Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 15:54:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Found in version unkown; Filed 10 years and 362 days ago; Modified 10 years and 362 days ago;
#870869 [n| | ] [base-installer] Segfault during libc-l10n install on kirkwood (armel)
Reported by: Peter Mogensen <[email protected]>; Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 20:57:02 UTC; Severity: normal; Found in version base-installer/1.169; Filed 7 years and 282 days ago; Modified 7 years and 270 days ago;
#964248 [n| |☺] [base-installer] base-installer: Pass "--extra-suites=unreleased" to debootstrap on ports arches
Reported by: наб <[email protected]>; Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 11:36:01 UTC; Severity: normal; Found in versions 1.196, base-installer/1.194; Fixed in version base-installer/1.195; Filed 4 years and 313 days ago; Modified 4 years and 83 days ago;
#977398 [n| | ] [base-installer] base-installer: kernel selection cannot work with user-configured repos
Reported by: Phil Dibowitz <[email protected]>; Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:09:02 UTC; Severity: normal; Filed 4 years and 150 days ago; Modified 4 years and 150 days ago;
#983835 [n| | ] [base-installer] base-installer: hostname= is ignored if reverse-dns exists
Reported by: Phil Dibowitz <[email protected]>; Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 03:33:02 UTC; Severity: normal; Tags: d-i; Filed 4 years and 73 days ago; Modified 4 years and 72 days ago;

#805223 [n|M| ] [base-installer] base-installer unable to determine kernel
Reported by: Łukasz Stelmach <[email protected]>; Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 21:27:05 UTC; Severity: normal; Tags: moreinfo; Found in version base-installer/1.154; Filed 9 years and 181 days ago; Modified 9 years and 156 days ago;

#400815 [m| | ] [base-installer] debian-installer: Can't skip to configure package manager after failed install base system after succeeded install base system
Reported by: Olaf van der Spek <[email protected]>; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:18:01 UTC; Severity: minor; Filed 18 years and 170 days ago; Modified 18 years and 169 days ago;

#579645 [w|+| ] [base-installer] base-installer: Should be usable to install base system somewhere else than /target
Reported by: Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]>; Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:18:01 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Tags: patch; Found in version base-installer/1.106; Filed 15 years and 17 days ago; Modified 15 years and 17 days ago;
#777905 [w|+| ] [base-installer] base-installer: x32 port
Reported by: Adam Borowski <[email protected]>; Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:45:25 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Tags: d-i, patch; Found in version base-installer/1.152; Filed 10 years and 92 days ago; Modified 10 years and 34 days ago;
#879147 [w|+| ] [base-installer] debian-ports support when installing the kernel and extra packages
Reported by: jhcha54008 <[email protected]>; Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:03:04 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Tags: patch; Found in version base-installer/1.171; Filed 7 years and 207 days ago; Modified 4 years and 83 days ago;

#266725 [w| | ] [base-installer] debian-installer: Needed a "remaining time" indication when donwloading big amounts of packets
Reported by: Paolo Benvenuto <[email protected]>; Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:48:02 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Filed 20 years and 272 days ago; Modified 20 years and 272 days ago;
#283600 [w| | ] [base-installer] Please use more informative messages when downloading packages fails or times out
Reported by: Jack Carroll <[email protected]>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:18:03 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Filed 20 years and 169 days ago; Modified 13 years and 63 days ago;
#427933 [w| | ] [base-installer] Impossible to use other cdrom device during install
Reported by: Dennis Krul <[email protected]>; Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:27:06 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Filed 17 years and 344 days ago; Modified 17 years and 344 days ago;
#465236 [w| | ] [base-installer] base-installer: make kernel-img.conf/do_symlinks configurable and preseedable
Reported by: Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]>; Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:15:02 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Filed 17 years and 95 days ago; Modified 11 years and 79 days ago;
#496312 [w| | ] [base-installer] base-installer: Should install kernel and extra packages at the same time
Reported by: Jérémy Bobbio <[email protected]>; Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:48:02 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Found in version base-installer/1.93; Filed 16 years and 265 days ago; Modified 11 years and 79 days ago;
#586427 [w| | ] [base-installer] Support for dpkg's filtering mechanism (--path-exclude/--path-include)
Reported by: Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]>; Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:30:01 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Found in version base-installer/1.107; Filed 14 years and 331 days ago; Modified 11 years and 79 days ago;
#796747 [w| | ] [base-installer] installing kernel optional
Reported by: Geert Stappers <[email protected]>; Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 21:24:02 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Found in version base-installer/1.157; Filed 9 years and 265 days ago; Modified 9 years and 265 days ago;

#339876 [w|☹| ] [base-installer] Please split kernel-install from base-install
Reported by: [email protected] (Geert Stappers); Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:48:07 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Tags: wontfix; Filed 19 years and 179 days ago; Modified 17 years and 300 days ago;

Status
- 34 Outstanding
Severity
- 4 Important bugs
- 18 Normal bugs
- 1 Minor bugs
- 11 Wishlist items
Classification
- 7 Patch Available
- 25 Unclassified
- 1 More information needed
- 1 Will Not Fix

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Debian Bug report logs: Bugs in package base-installer

Outstanding bugs -- Important bugs; Unclassified (4 bugs)

Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Patch Available (4 bugs)

Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Unclassified (13 bugs)

Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; More information needed (1 bug)

Outstanding bugs -- Minor bugs; Unclassified (1 bug)

Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Patch Available (3 bugs)

Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Unclassified (7 bugs)

Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Will Not Fix (1 bug)

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