274423 – Catalyst requires squashfs-tools-3.x not v4

Bug 274423 - Catalyst requires squashfs-tools-3.x not v4

Summary: Catalyst requires squashfs-tools-3.x not v4

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Catalyst (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Catalyst Developers

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Reported:	2009-06-16 22:12 UTC by Richard Scott
Modified:	2009-06-17 00:59 UTC (History)
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Description Richard Scott 2009-06-16 22:12:23 UTC

The current stable release of squashfs-tools is 4.x and the current kernels only support squashfs-3.

To create a stable squashfs file for a new LiveCD we need to use Squashfs-tools-3.x.

Hopefully this can resume the autobuild process which seems to have topped for a couple of weeks since squashfs-tools-4 went stable.

Cheers,

Rich.

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Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-06-17 00:23:52 UTC

Exactly which "current kernels" are you talking about? The current stable gentoo-sources is 2.6.29-r5, which no longer supports squashfs files created in the old 3.x format. The autobuilds from a few weeks ago weren't bootable because of this, which forced us to stabilize sys-fs/squashfs-tools-4.0.

Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni 2009-06-17 00:59:15 UTC

Also, catalyst doesn't require *any* particular version of squashfs-tools, as the version is determined entirely by what's stable and what's supported by the kernel.  We just call the utility, nothing more.