[Bug 776673] Re: usb-creator-common depends on syslinux, not syslinux-common

[Colin Watson]

No, we actually invoke the syslinux program, so syslinux-common is not
enough.

I'm going to make usb-creator-* unavailable on non-x86 architectures,
rather than merely uninstallable.  Obviously this isn't a real fix if
you actually want to use the package on something other than amd64 or
i386, but a real fix is hard.

However, with Ubuntu 11.10 and later, you can simply write Ubuntu ISO
images directly (e.g. using dd) to a USB stick and they should work.
You can't enable persistent storage this way, but nevertheless this
should be enough for many people.

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Title:
  unusable on non-x86 architectures

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: usb-creator

  Wrong dependancy: I want to install usb-creator-gtk on Ubuntu Natty with aptitude, but I can't. usb-creator-gtk depends on usb-creator-common which depends on syslinux. syslinux is not a package in Natty anymore. It's replacement syslinux-common would probably do it.
  I guess this is not only an issue for powerpc…

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: usb-creator-common (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-powerpc 2.6.38.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-powerpc ppc
  Architecture: powerpc
  Date: Tue May  3 21:57:08 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release powerpc (20101008)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (4 days ago)

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