Re: request to backport memtest86

On 12/1/22 03:14, David Pottage wrote:
> On 2022-11-29 23:43, Matt Taggart wrote:
>> I would like to be able to use the new 6.00-1 version in stable as the
>> existing version there does not work on many systems, modern but also
>> even those 5+ years old. I think there is a good argument for
>> including in a stable update, but either way can we get a decision and
>> have it available in stable proposed updates or backports soon?
> 
> Do you need a backport to do that?
> 
> As far as I can tell, memtest86+ has no runtime dependencies, so there 
> is nothing stopping you from downloading the version 6.00 package from 
> the unstable repo, and installing it directly. I have done that 
> successfully on a couple of Ubuntu systems that I manage, and it 
> installed just fine.

True. I guess it's more a convenience thing, I have 50+ systems to 
install it on that run bullseye (w/o apt sources for testing/unstable). 
I could automate something, but backports is easier.

Thanks,

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Matt Taggart
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