Debian Bug report logs - #866629

debian-installer: live installation without internet connection fails with "failed to determine the codename for the release."

Reported by: user01 <kannan@disroot.org> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:15:08 UTC Severity: grave Tags: buster, sid, stretch Done: Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Bug#866629 ; Package debian-installer . (Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:15:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: user01 <kannan@disroot.org> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org> Subject: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:43:28 +0530

Package: debian-installer Version: 20170615 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, >* What led up to the situation? Debian stretch installation without connection to internet gives debootstrap error, "failed to determine the codename for the release." and fails. >* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Connected to internet and the installation was successful. >* What was the outcome of this action? Installation failed, with debootstrap error, "failed to determine the codename for the release." >* What outcome did you expect instead? Installation without an active connection to internet. -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

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Bug#866629 ; Package debian-installer . (Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Sai Karthik <kskarthik91@gmail.com> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 22:23:13 +0530

The CD installer ( https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ ) is not affected with this bug. I had checked it.

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Bug#866629 ; Package debian-installer . (Sun, 02 Jul 2017 13:39:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: confirmed Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 19:06:47 +0530

I got this error too using live installer when there was no internet (the same image worked when I had internet). It does not affect regular install images.

Bug reassigned from package 'debian-installer' to 'live-installer'. Request was from Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> to control@bugs.debian.org . (Sun, 02 Jul 2017 13:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

No longer marked as found in versions debian-installer/20170615. Request was from Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> to control@bugs.debian.org . (Sun, 02 Jul 2017 13:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to 'grave' from 'important' Request was from Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> to control@bugs.debian.org . (Sun, 02 Jul 2017 13:57:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: It seems to an issue with regular bootable non-free iso as well. Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 04:19:40 +0530

Dear all, We were doing a release party for Stretch in Pune when we were hit with this bug. Notice the UI, it seems even regular (not just live) is also hit with the same bug. The picture was captured by Gaurav. As we were in midst of things, I forgot to see what messages were coming on the console. The one which we were using is amd64 iso-non-free (for drivers) Hope this is fixed ASAP. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Sun, 02 Jul 2017 23:03:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> To: user01 <kannan@disroot.org>, 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 23:59:42 +0100

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 08:43:28PM +0530, user01 wrote: >Package: debian-installer >Version: 20170615 >Severity: important > >Dear Maintainer, > >>* What led up to the situation? > >Debian stretch installation without connection to internet gives debootstrap >error, >"failed to determine the codename for the release." and fails. You don't say explicitly, but from the symptoms you're describing you're trying to use the live installer? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control.

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Sun, 02 Jul 2017 23:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> To: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>, 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: It seems to an issue with regular bootable non-free iso as well. Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 00:24:22 +0100

On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 04:19:40AM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: >Dear all, > >We were doing a release party for Stretch in Pune when we were hit >with this bug. Notice the UI, it seems even regular (not just live) is >also hit with the same bug. The picture was captured by Gaurav. As we >were in midst of things, I forgot to see what messages were coming on >the console. The one which we were using is amd64 iso-non-free (for >drivers) Hi Shirish, I've just tested locally using http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso and I see no such issue. Are you *sure* you weren't using a live image? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:39:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> To: at Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> Cc: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: It seems to an issue with regular bootable non-free iso as well. Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:05:04 +0530

at bottom :- On 03/07/2017, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote: <snipped> > Hi Shirish, > > I've just tested locally using > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > and I see no such issue. Are you *sure* you weren't using a live image? > > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. > steve@einval.com > Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, > Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I... > > Dear Steve, I stand corrected. It is indeed the live image which is at fault. While doing so, I have also made a wishlist bug #866971 which probably needs some art inputs, although am not sure of the feasibility of the idea. Sorry for the noise and hope the bug gets fixed soon. On another note, I do hope we can have some kind of intimation when we are close to a release, so we can have pre-release parties with the same pomp and show that we do for the post-release parties and have more people contribute to finding showstopper bugs such as these. Looking forward to the fix and your thoughts. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> To: user01 <kannan@disroot.org> Cc: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 15:55:43 +0100

[ Hint: please try to also CC <bugnumber>@bugs.debian.org on all bug discussion - that way the conversation is logged and others can see the mails too. ] On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 11:33:20AM +0500, user01 wrote: >It was Debian Gnome Live+firmware Cool, thanks for confirming. >On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 4:29 AM, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 08:43:28PM +0530, user01 wrote: > > Package: debian-installer Version: 20170615 Severity: important Dear > Maintainer, > > * What led up to the situation? > > Debian stretch installation without connection to internet gives > debootstrap error, "failed to determine the codename for the release." > and fails. > > You don't say explicitly, but from the symptoms you're describing you're > trying to use the live installer? > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com We don't need no education. > We don't need no thought control. > -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com < liw> everything I know about UK hotels I learned from "Fawlty Towers"

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:21:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> To: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> Cc: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: It seems to an issue with regular bootable non-free iso as well. Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 17:18:52 +0100

Hey Shirish, On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 04:05:04PM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: >On 03/07/2017, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote: >> I've just tested locally using >> >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso >> >> and I see no such issue. Are you *sure* you weren't using a live image? > >I stand corrected. It is indeed the live image which is at fault. >While doing so, I have also made a wishlist bug #866971 which probably >needs some art inputs, although am not sure of the feasibility of the >idea. ACK, just seen that come through now. It's a good idea, and I'll see what I can do there. I made a similar change ages ago to make it obvious if people were booting the UEFI installer, for similar reasons. :-) >Sorry for the noise and hope the bug gets fixed soon. No problem, thanks for clarifying. >On another note, I do hope we can have some kind of intimation when we >are close to a release, so we can have pre-release parties with the >same pomp and show that we do for the post-release parties and have >more people contribute to finding showstopper bugs such as these. Regular BSPs already happen in Debian, I think it's safe to say that regular testing parties wouldn't hurt either! :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "This dress doesn't reverse." -- Alden Spiess

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:09:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Prahlad Yeri <prahladyeri@yahoo.com> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 00:35:21 +0530

Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and LXDE versions. Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version! Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing before reaching stable, don't we? The reason a user comes to debian in the first place is stability. If you don't even get that, then what is the rationale for using debian stable against something like Ubuntu LTS where you get both stability and newer packages? -- Regards, Prahlad

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:27:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> To: Prahlad Yeri <prahladyeri@yahoo.com>, 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:24:20 +0100

On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 00:35:21 +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and LXDE > versions. > > Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version! > Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing > before reaching stable, don't we? The reason a user comes to debian in > the first place is stability. If you don't even get that, then what is > the rationale for using debian stable against something like Ubuntu LTS > where you get both stability and newer packages? Your question (after the rhetorical first one) is probing. Debian has never had bugs before. We do not know how this managed to creep in. We will try better.

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From: Prahlad Yeri <prahladyeri@yahoo.com> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 02:13:57 +0530

On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:24:20 +0100 Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 00:35:21 +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > > > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and > > LXDE versions. > > > > Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version! > > Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing > > before reaching stable, don't we? The reason a user comes to debian > > in the first place is stability. If you don't even get that, then > > what is the rationale for using debian stable against something > > like Ubuntu LTS where you get both stability and newer packages? > > Your question (after the rhetorical first one) is probing. Debian has > never had bugs before. We do not know how this managed to creep in. We > will try better. Sorry, didn't intend to hurt your feelings, just trying to raise my concerns as a user and trying to understand the process. I don't know how the testing process works at debian, but If I were making the point release of a distro, one of the basic things I'd check is whether the ISO installs work on an actual physical machine (not in a VM) - and doing so would have helped catch this bug as there are usually no network resources (like wifi, etc.) configured at boot time that could have provided internet connectivity (in which case, it used to work and the bug wasn't apparent). I understand that bugs are a part of the linux distro life cycle, but I did not expect something as basic as an install process to falter. But again, maybe I'm wrong about the bug being so apparent, and its just easy to say this in hindsight. No offence meant, have a nice day! -- Regards, Prahlad

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From: Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> To: Prahlad Yeri <prahladyeri@yahoo.com>, 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#866629: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 01:00:21 +0100

On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 02:13:57 +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:24:20 +0100 > Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 00:35:21 +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > > > > > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and > > > LXDE versions. > > > > > > Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version! > > > Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing > > > before reaching stable, don't we? The reason a user comes to debian > > > in the first place is stability. If you don't even get that, then > > > what is the rationale for using debian stable against something > > > like Ubuntu LTS where you get both stability and newer packages? > > > > Your question (after the rhetorical first one) is probing. Debian has > > never had bugs before. We do not know how this managed to creep in. We > > will try better. > > Sorry, didn't intend to hurt your feelings, just trying to raise my > concerns as a user and trying to understand the process. I don't know > how the testing process works at debian, but If I were making the point > release of a distro, one of the basic things I'd check is whether the > ISO installs work on an actual physical machine (not in a VM) - and > doing so would have helped catch this bug as there are usually no > network resources (like wifi, etc.) configured at boot time that could > have provided internet connectivity (in which case, it used to work and > the bug wasn't apparent). I subscribe to and read -user, where quite a large number of posts have recently discussed the state of installing from a live image. I have also seen reports of the efforts being made to mitigate the situation, particularly by Steve McIntyre. So I became a bit grumpy, a mood which is not good when contributing to a bug report. Apologies if I gave the impression user contributions are unwelcome. Perhaps https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00335.html brings some perspective to the matter. The more users who use live images and report bugs in the pre-release phase, the better the image quality will become. -- Brian. > > I understand that bugs are a part of the linux distro life cycle, but > I did not expect something as basic as an install process to falter. > But again, maybe I'm wrong about the bug being so apparent, and its > just easy to say this in hindsight. > > No offence meant, have a nice day! > > -- > Regards, > Prahlad

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Sat, 08 Jul 2017 06:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org, Prahlad Yeri <prahladyeri@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 12:25:44 +0530

On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 00:35:21 +0530 Prahlad Yeri <prahladyeri@yahoo.com> wrote: > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and LXDE > versions. > > Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version! I agree it was a let down and frustrating. > Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing > before reaching stable, don't we? The reason a user comes to debian in > the first place is stability. If you don't even get that, then what is > the rationale for using debian stable against something like Ubuntu LTS > where you get both stability and newer packages? The reason why debian is stable is because of the extensive testing. Unfortunately the live installer did not receive the extensive testing as the regular installer or the rest of debian. Only live installer had this problem and if more people volunteer to test pre-releases of live installer, we can avoid the situation in future.

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Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Sat, 22 Jul 2017 03:24:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Dhanar Adi Dewandaru <dhanar.adi.dewandaru@gmail.com> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 10:20:15 +0700

On Sat, 8 Jul 2017 12:25:44 +0530 Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 00:35:21 +0530 Prahlad Yeri <prahladyeri@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and LXDE > > versions. > > > > Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version! > > I agree it was a let down and frustrating. > > > Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing > > before reaching stable, don't we? The reason a user comes to debian in > > the first place is stability. If you don't even get that, then what is > > the rationale for using debian stable against something like Ubuntu LTS > > where you get both stability and newer packages? > > The reason why debian is stable is because of the extensive testing. > Unfortunately the live installer did not receive the extensive testing > as the regular installer or the rest of debian. Only live installer had > this problem and if more people volunteer to test pre-releases of live > installer, we can avoid the situation in future. > Well, I am also affected by this bug. I am using "debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-mate+nonfree.iso". The workaround for me is to make bootable USB disk from the ISO and add the following: 1. "base_installable" in ".disk" folder 2. "grub-pc" deb package and its dependencies to "pool" folder (and update the corresponding Packages file) After this, the installation can finish without having to connect to the internet. Tested on VirtualBox on my PC. I hope this bug can be fixed soon.

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From: pleskalerts@goforhosting.com To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Notification status of your delivery (UPS 05284886) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:18:54 +0000

Dear Customer, Your item has arrived at the UPS Post Office at August 19, but the courier was unable to deliver parcel to you. Download postal receipt attached to e-mail! Warm regards, Melvin Sawyer, UPS Parcels Operation Manager.

Added tag(s) sid, buster, and stretch. Request was from Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org . (Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:03:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> :

Bug#866629 ; Package live-installer . (Fri, 25 May 2018 15:18:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> :

Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> . (Fri, 25 May 2018 15:18:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #93 received at 866629@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> To: 866629@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 16:15:17 +0100

retitle 866629 debian-installer: live installation without internet connection fails with "failed to determine the codename for the release." thanks (I've only skimmed the bug so only 80% sure it is internet connection- related, but I think a rename might make it easier to find/parse at the very least.) Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

Changed Bug title to 'debian-installer: live installation without internet connection fails with "failed to determine the codename for the release."' from 'debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation'. Request was from Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org . (Fri, 25 May 2018 15:18:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Reply sent to Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> :

You have taken responsibility. (Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:57:13 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to user01 <kannan@disroot.org> :

Bug acknowledged by developer. (Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:57:13 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #100 received at 866629-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> To: 866629-done@bugs.debian.org Subject: Fixed Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:49:57 +0200

This bug has now long-since been fixed. Closing issue.

Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org . (Sat, 16 Feb 2019 07:28:39 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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