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Call for help testing new versions of mdadm
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The problem with being the mdadm maintainer is that it doesn't make any
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friends but potentially quite a lot of enemies. Even though it's actually very
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unlikely that a new mdadm version causes data loss (mdadm is only the remote
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control into the kernel), people seem to exhibit unexpected reactions when
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their MD arrays with important data don't want to start anymore. In such
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a case, don't panic, don't do anything without understanding the implications,
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and consider asking for help.
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That said, I would appreciate if you guys helped me test the latest mdadm
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releases a bit more thoroughly. I do extensive tests myself, but as Murphy
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would be able to predict, the problem only ever occur on other people's
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machines, and I'd much rather fix them sooner than later.
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The easiest way to test new mdadm packages is by adding my package repository
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(i386/amd64) to your sources.list file, and configuring the APT pins
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# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/sources.list
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deb http://debian.madduck.net/repo sid main
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# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/preferences
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Pin: release a=sid, release o=madduck
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Pin: release a=sid, release o=madduck
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# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
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Alternatively, you can just download the package for i386[0] or amd64[1]:
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0. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/admin/
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1. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/admin/
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If you're running sarge and are willing to test, that would be great! I've
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prepared backports, which you can use like so (note how you need backported
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debconf and lsb-base packages too, which are to be found in the backports.org
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archive [2]; see also further down for direct links):
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2. http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
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# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/sources.list
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deb http://debian.madduck.net/repo sarge-backports main
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## unless you have backports already enabled:
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deb http://www.backports.org/debian sarge-backports main
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# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/preferences
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Pin: release a=sarge-backports, release o=madduck
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Pin: release a=sarge-backports, release o=madduck
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Pin: release a=sarge-backports
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Pin: release a=sarge-backports
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# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
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The mdadm backport can also be directly downloaded for i386[3] or amd64[4], the
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needed debconf[5] and lsb-base[6] reside in the backports.org archive.
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3. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sarge-backports/main/binary-i386/admin/
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4. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sarge-backports/main/binary-amd64/admin/
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5. http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/d/debconf/
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6. http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/l/lsb/
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-- martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:16:21 +0100
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$Id: TESTING 270 2006-11-09 15:24:24Z madduck $