Debian Bug report logs - #689374
dkms: Please drop Recommends for package linux-image

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: dkms: Please drop Recommends for package linux-image Hello,

Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:18:34 +0200

Package: dkms
Version: 2.2.0.3-1.1

the package 'dkms' currently recommends the virtual package 'linux-image'.
In the default configuration, 'apt' always installs recommended packages:

glaubitz@z6:~> apt-config dump | grep -i recommend
APT::Install-Recommends "true";

While this is usually not a problem, it is problematic when recommending
the virtual kernel package 'linux-image'. During installation, it
might not be clear which kernel package will eventually provide the virtual
package 'linux-image' and 'apt' will randomly choose any package. This
may result in 'apt' installing an undesired kernel package.

The problem can be observed when installing a machine with the automatic
installation system FAI (source package 'fai'): because of the 'Recommends',
installing 'dkms' will in some cases install the RT kernel package
('linux-image-rt-...') which users usually don't want.

As for the package 'dkms', a 'Recommends' on 'linux-image' is not
required as the kernel image itself is not necessary to build the
kernel modules as opposed to the kernel header packages.

Please remove the 'Recommends' on 'linux-image'.

Cheers,

Adrian
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential    11.5
ii  coreutils          8.13-3.2
ii  dpkg-dev           1.16.8
ii  gcc                4:4.7.1-1
ii  make               3.81-8.2
ii  module-init-tools  9-2
ii  patch              2.6.1-3

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                                        1.18.4-2
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-2-amd64 [linux-headers]     3.2.20-1
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-2-rt-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.2.20-1
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-3-amd64 [linux-headers]     3.2.23-1
ii  linux-headers-amd64 [linux-headers]             3.2+45
ii  linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 [linux-image]        2.6.32-35
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64 [linux-image]         3.2.20-1
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64 [linux-image]         3.2.23-1
ii  linux-image-3.5-trunk-amd64 [linux-image]       3.5-1~experimental.1
ii  menu                                            2.1.46
ii  sudo                                            1.8.5p2-1

dkms suggests no packages.

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Message #12 received at 689374@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org>

To: 689374@bugs.debian.org

Subject: The linux-image virtual package has been removed

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:42:33 +0100

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Hello,

please see #724569.

No packages in jessie+ Provide: linux-image now, however, an old custom
kernel built with this will have the Provide:
https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.kernel-compilation.html

We have a custom kernel in a custom repository, but the custom kernel
should not be installed in all the distros we pick from that repository.

However, as soon as we install dkms in one distro, the custom kernel is
pulled in by dkms's Recommends, and bites us in the shins.

We worked around it by creating an equivs package that depends on the
kernel we wants and provides linux-image. As we cannot depend on older
linux kernels to update their .deb generation scrips, I wish dkms would
remove this Recommends so that there is one less package triggering
this.


Enrico

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GPG key: 4096R/E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org>

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Message #19 received at 724566-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>

To: 724566-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#724566: fixed in dkms 2.2.0.3-5

Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 22:26:59 +0000

Source: dkms
Source-Version: 2.2.0.3-5

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dkms, 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 724566@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> (supplier of updated dkms package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Hash: SHA256

Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 05:51:37 +0800
Source: dkms
Binary: dkms
Architecture: source
Version: 2.2.0.3-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team <pkg-dkms-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>
Description:
 dkms       - Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Closes: 554843 653176 707008 724566 829123
Changes:
 dkms (2.2.0.3-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Aron Xu ]
   * Remove obsolete virtual package 'linux-image' from Recommends (Closes: #724566)
   * Do not ignore --kernelsourcedir (Closes: #653176)
   * Update upstream link to github
   * Use gbp-pq to manage patches
 .
   [ Daniel Kahn Gillmor ]
   * Make dh_dkms name and version parsing more proper (Closes: #829123)
 .
   [ Dirk Griesbach ]
   * Port apport hook to python3 and add python3-apport to Suggests (Closes: #707008)
 .
   [ Thijs Kinkhorst ]
   * mkbmdeb: support for lean binary package with only the built modules (Closes: #554843)
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