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[Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/17/2012 06:34 AM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote:
> Dear Ubuntu Kernel Team / Ubuntu Bug Control:
>
> Regarding https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection , I and other
> linux package original reporters (ex.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1029790 ) have
> encountered problems when following the directions for this article.
>
> For example, what happens is when one executes the following at a terminal:
> git bisect start Ubuntu-3.2.0-14.23 Ubuntu-3.2.0-15.24
>
> the debian and debian.master folders get deleted by this command. However, the
> next step in the article
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection#Give_this_test_a_version_number
> mentions that one would want to edit debian.master/changelog.

Can you try that again.  I didn't see the debian directories get 
deleted.  Try this set of commands in a new directory and see if those 
directories still get deleted:
git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-precise.git
cd ubuntu-precise
git bisect start Ubuntu-2.6.35-25.43 Ubuntu-2.6.35-24.42
ls debian.master

> This inconsistency is not discussed in the article, confuses and
> frustrates first time bisectors, prevents them from performing their
> own bisect, and requires them to seek support via
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam#Communications .
>
> Unfortunately, I am not well versed in git bisect to understand why
> this is happening, should this be happening, and how to create a better
> article to prevent first time bisectors from getting stuck on this
> problem in the future.
>
> How do you think the article could be improved given this problem?

The wiki page covers how to bisect Ubuntu kernels.  I'll be adding some 
information on how to bisect the upstream kernels as well.

> Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter and I look
> forward to your response.
>
> --
> Christopher M. Penalver
> E-Mail: christopher.penalver@xxxxxxx
> https://launchpad.net/~penalvch