[syslinux] Bug#537506: syslinux-common: pxelinux doesn't display progress on downloading files

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Version: 2:3.82+dfsg-1

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:44:43AM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote:
> Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> > when using pxelinux, the version in lenny displays "."s while downloading
> > files... the pxelinux version in squeeze/sid displays absolutely nothing, which
> > makes it hard to determine if the download is stalled, or just silently
> > working, but slow.

apparently, pxelinux interprets the "quiet" option passed to the kernel, and
decides to be quiet itself. this seems like reasonable behavior, so i'm closing
the bug.
 
> please do report upstream bugs directly to upstream at
> syslinux at zytor.com. I'll forward this one though.

perhaps include a reportbug hook suggesting that the debian syslinux
maintainers prefer upstream bugs to upstream, and how to do so. though
sometimes it is hard for people not intimately familiar with the code to know
what is upstream and what is a bug in debian's build.

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  vagrant