Re: Re: PWS 433au (Miata) recovery update

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019, Frank Scheiner wrote:

>>  Does anyone have an archive of "samba-common_4.7.3+dfsg-1_all.deb"? 
>> That seems like it may be missing piece for installing the older samba 
>> 4.7.3 for now on alpha (the binary packages still being present in the 
>> archive).
> snapshot.debian.org seems to still have it on:
> https://snapshot.debian.org/package/samba/2%3A4.7.3%2Bdfsg-1/#samba-common_2:3a:4.7.3:2b:dfsg-1
> Direct download from:
> https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20171124T034111Z/pool/main/s/samba/samba-common_4.7.3%2Bdfsg-1_all.deb

 	Thanks, Frank! I'd forgotten about snapshot.debian.org. That 
worked, the older samba 4.7.3 is installable on alpha (and my fileserver 
is up!)


On Sun, 27 Jan 2019, Bob Tracy wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 12:25:52PM -0800, Alex Winbow wrote:
>> My understanding is that it's not initramfs-tools that mounts all the 
>> (non-root) local filesystems, but systemd (which it looks like you've 
>> reported as a bug elsewhere). I was able to pseudo-fix this by changing 
>> the fs_passno field in /etc/fstab to '0'.
> This tells us (or me, anyway) that systemd's logic for automatically
> setting up and running "fsck.fstype" for local filesystems is broken.
> I don't think the dynamic generation of services and dependencies for
> handling local filesystems was part of the "special sauce" for systemd
> versions prior to version 235-X, which was when things broke on my system.
 	I'm really surprised by that. Multiple local filesystems must be 
incredibly common across the installed base of systems. I see no sign that 
what's failing is arch/alpha-specific, but surely this can't be a 
universal bug?!


> Have I mentioned today how much I detest "systemd"? :-)
 	I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I will say that I found init 
scripts a good deal easier to reverse-engineer the logical flow and debug.

 	Another problem I'm seeing is that /var fails to unmount at 
shutdown. Only /var, not my other local filesystems.


> This will get solved eventually, but it would get solved more quickly if 
> the case of multiple local filesystems was more common today.
 	I've heard word that /usr destined to be going away, but frankly 
I'm very surprised that multiple local filesystems is a rarity these days. 
The debian installer even creates these semi-automatically. It is 
seriously the case that "everyone" has /var and /tmp on the root 
filesystem?

 			Thanks,
 			-Alex