[kernel] r21728 - dists/sid/linux-latest/debian

[Ben Hutchings]

Author: benh
Date: Thu Aug 14 01:35:43 2014
New Revision: 21728

Log:
linux-image-{686-pae,amd64}: Add backdated NEWS for introduction of xz compression

This problem (#727736) affects domU kernels in old versions of Xen,
and these are the only two flavours that run in PV mode.

There is no need to tell users already running testing/unstable about
this, as it either doesn't affect them or they've already hit the bug.
I've backdated the NEWS entry to the first version in unstable that
depended on an xz-compressed kernel, so it should only appear for
users upgrading from wheezy.

Added:
   dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/linux-image-686-pae.NEWS
   dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/linux-image-amd64.NEWS
Modified:
   dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/changelog
   dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/clean

Modified: dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/changelog	Thu Aug 14 01:16:57 2014	(r21727)
+++ dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/changelog	Thu Aug 14 01:35:43 2014	(r21728)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linux-latest (60) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * linux-image-{686-pae,amd64}: Add backdated NEWS for introduction of
+    xz compression affecting Xen (Closes: #727736)
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>  Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:27:02 +0100
+
 linux-latest (59) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Update to 3.14-2

Modified: dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/clean
==============================================================================
--- dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/clean	Thu Aug 14 01:16:57 2014	(r21727)
+++ dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/clean	Thu Aug 14 01:35:43 2014	(r21728)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-debian/linux-image-*.NEWS
+

Added: dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/linux-image-686-pae.NEWS
==============================================================================
--- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
+++ dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/linux-image-686-pae.NEWS	Thu Aug 14 01:35:43 2014	(r21728)
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+linux-image-686-pae (47) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * The kernel image is now compressed using xz compression.  If you are
+    running it under a virtualisation system such as Xen, that will
+    decompress the kernel itself, then you will need to ensure that the
+    system is up to date and includes support for such kernels.
+  
+    The Xen system included in Debian 7 'wheezy' does support this.
+
+    See https://wiki.debian.org/Xen#Error_.22unknown_compression_format.22
+    for more information.
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>  Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:20:57 +0100

Added: dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/linux-image-amd64.NEWS
==============================================================================
--- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
+++ dists/sid/linux-latest/debian/linux-image-amd64.NEWS	Thu Aug 14 01:35:43 2014	(r21728)
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+linux-image-amd64 (47) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * The kernel image is now compressed using xz compression.  If you are
+    running it under a virtualisation system such as Xen, that will
+    decompress the kernel itself, then you will need to ensure that the
+    system is up to date and includes support for such kernels.
+  
+    The Xen system included in Debian 7 'wheezy' does support this.
+
+    See https://wiki.debian.org/Xen#Error_.22unknown_compression_format.22
+    for more information.
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>  Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:20:57 +0100