[00:43] <_Josh_> I have a problem with a customized precise-server installer, it fails in the during "select and install software" with "Unable to locate package minimal^", I
[00:43] <_Josh_> I have this in the CD: pool/main/u/ubuntu-meta/ubuntu-minimal_1.257_i386.deb
[00:44] <_Josh_> and the following in the preseed:
[00:44] <_Josh_> tasksel tasksel/first multiselect
[00:44] <_Josh_> I have the same with lucid and it works without problem
[00:45] <_Josh_> anybody can help?
[00:45] <cjwatson> probably a bug in how you've generated your CD image
[00:45] <_Josh_> mmm, yes, probably
[00:45] <_Josh_> but how can I debug it?
[00:45] <cjwatson> the "minimal^" syntax requires Task fields to exist in the Packages files
[00:45] <cjwatson> specifically some with "Task: minimal"
[00:45] <_Josh_> I'm generating it like I do with the lucid customization
[00:45] <_Josh_> nothing different I think
[00:45] <cjwatson> so I'm guessing you regenerated Packages and forgot to include extra overrides
[00:45] <_Josh_> mmmm
[00:45] <_Josh_> let me see...
[00:46] <cjwatson> it's possible some code got incidentally stricter along the way
[00:47] <cjwatson> I'm going to be too tired to walk you through debugging scripts (00:46 and I still need to hang up laundry before bed, erk) but hopefully I've given you enough keywords above that you can search usefully
[00:48] <_Josh_> cjwatson, no problem, thank you very much for the tip! :)
[00:48] <cjwatson> it is a bit odd that it cares about minimal given that that task should always be installed by that point
[00:49] <cjwatson> I wouldn't mind looking at a complete syslog (preferably with DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer) and your preseed file when I'm more awak
[00:49] <cjwatson> e
[00:50] <_Josh_> I'll try to fix it by myself, but I'll be back if not, thanks again :)
[16:51] <bdmurray> cjwatson: Have you seen bug 669459?
[16:51] <ubot2`> Launchpad bug 669459 in ubiquity "Ubuntu installation writes into foreign partitions and MBR without permission, damaging other operating systems on the disk" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/669459
[17:11] <cjwatson> bdmurray: gruh
[17:11] <cjwatson> interesting that cylinder alignment fixes it
[17:33] <bdmurray> cjwatson: also it looks like bug 919356 may have a fix in it
[17:33] <ubot2`> Launchpad bug 919356 in choose-mirror "Default hostname needed for PowerPC" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/919356
[17:39] <cjwatson> thanks, I'll try to figure out whether that's correct :)
[17:40] <bdmurray> Thanks.  If you could let me know that'd be great because there a few bugs about it.
[17:40] <bdmurray> Oh, I guess I could subscribe. ;-)
[17:40] <cjwatson> he says the alternate CD is still affected, so I'll try to reproduce it in d-i
[17:40] <cjwatson> the last time I tried, I couldn't reproduce it - but his clue that it only affects people outside the UK is very likely instructive there
[17:41] <cjwatson> (it's a lot quicker to run d-i under qemu than it is to run ubiquity under qemu!)
[17:42] <bdmurray>   * Only default mirror/country to the value of debian-installer/country if
[17:42] <bdmurray>     the latter has any mirrors; otherwise, fall through to defaulting to GB
[17:42] <bdmurray> Is that relevant?
[17:43] <cjwatson> possibly, but I won't know until I've traced it
[17:44] <cjwatson> I don't think I agree with the proposed change
[17:45] <cjwatson> the intent of adding "Default: mirror" there was to change the default in the case where you ask for a custom mirror
[17:45] <cjwatson> if it's affecting the default in other cases, something else is wrong
[19:37] <CIA-11> ubiquity: cjwatson * r5129 trunk/tests/run: Re-exec ourselves if we change LD_LIBRARY_PATH in tests/run.
[21:44] <CIA-11> ubiquity: cjwatson * r5130 trunk/ (tests/test_osextras.py debian/changelog): Add tests for ubiquity.osextras.