#1034267 installation-guide: Location of the install logs is "unfindable"

#1034267#5
Date:
2023-04-11 21:35:20 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

Information on where the debian installer puts the installation logs
after a successfull install is buried in the section 6.3.9. Troubleshooting.

It's pretty hard to find out where the install logs are.  At least if
you're googling about or reading the installation guide.  (The
directory /var/log/installer/ is pretty self-explainatory but you have
to look there.)

I had planned to submit a patch with new index entries "logs,
installation" and "installation logs".  But there is no index.

So I don't know the right way to fix this.  I suppose the section heading
could be changed to "Troubleshooting and Logging".  But that seems
clunky.

Regards,
Karl

#1034267#10
Date:
2026-06-21 11:43:49 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Karl,

I changed the headline
"5.4.6. Reporting Installation Problems"
into
"5.4.6. Reporting Installation Problems; finding installation logs"

So one can find it on the index page
(like https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/index.html)



Thanks for reporting

Holger

#1034267#17
Date:
2026-09-17 06:31:12 UTC
From:
To:
The Debian NEW review of installation-guide 20260916 has been completed.

Decision: ACCEPTED
Reviewer: Andrew McMillan

Review comment:

Hi,

Please convert debian/copyright to DEP-5 format.  I include an example below.

Thanks!


====================================================================
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: installation-guide

Files: *
Copyright: 1996 Bruce Perens
           1996-1997 Sven Rudolph
           1998 Igor Grobman, James Treacy
           1998-2002 Adam Di Carlo
           2003 Chris Tillman
           2004-2025 Debian Installer team, and other contributors
License: GPL-2.0

License: GPL-2.0
 This document is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
 version 2.
 .
 A copy of the GPL is included in an appendix of the Installation Guide.
 On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License version 2
 can also be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
=====================================================================

Full review details: https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/installation-guide

#1034267#22
Date:
2026-09-17 07:00:16 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
installation-guide, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1034267@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> (supplier of updated installation-guide package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:49:11 +0200
Source: installation-guide
Binary: installation-guide-amd64 installation-guide-arm64 installation-guide-armhf installation-guide-loong64 installation-guide-ppc64el installation-guide-riscv64 installation-guide-s390x
Architecture: source all
Version: 20260916
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
Description:
 installation-guide-amd64 - Debian installation guide for amd64
 installation-guide-arm64 - Debian installation guide for arm64
 installation-guide-armhf - Debian installation guide for armhf
 installation-guide-loong64 - Debian installation guide for loong64
 installation-guide-ppc64el - Debian installation guide for powerpc
 installation-guide-riscv64 - Debian installation guide for RISC-V
 installation-guide-s390x - Debian installation guide for s390x
Closes: 1034267 1135233 1141764
Changes:
 installation-guide (20260916) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Holger Wansing ]
   * hu: remove mark, that translation is outdated.
   * New translation effort announced for Hindi; add po files.
   * Bump release name to forky.
   * Bump copyright year to 2026.
   * Change order of partman-md and partman-lvm documentation, to reflect the
     order as found in "Supported partitioning options" chapter.
   * Add missing bug closure in changelog for version 20250803.
   * Mention the finding of installation logs prominently visible in chapter
     headline, so it appears in document index. Closes: #1034267.
   * Hints to recommend a minimum size for ESP partition. Closes: #1141764.
   * Update example partition screen to these century's common values.
   * Add a warning about mailinglist size limit to installation-reports
     template. Inspired by #1107655.
 .
   [ Samuel Thibault ]
   * Add loong64 architecture.
   * Fix timezone preseed example to America/New_York (Closes: Bug#1135233)
   * buildone*.sh: Try to show dblatex errors.
   * Add autopkgtest that builds all languages and archs, but not their
     combinations.
 .
   [ Colin Watson ]
   * Document netcfg VLAN support (see https://bugs.debian.org/433568).
 .
   [ Updated translations ]
   * Dutch by Frans Spiesschaert
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