Debian Bug report logs - #966243
Please drop `qemu' from Recommends/Enhances

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

From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>

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

Subject: Please drop `qemu' from Recommends/Enhances

Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:25:05 +0300

Package: grub-firmware-qemu
Version: 2.02+dfsg1-20
Severity: minor

qemu is a dummy metapackage which has no actual reason to exist.
Qemu provides 2 entirely different modes of operations, it is a
system-level emulation, where qemu emulates whole (hardware)
system with its own CPU, memory subsystem, peripherial devices,
BIOS/firmware etc. This is qemu-system, or, with hardware
assistance, qemu-kvm. And another mode, where it can run
linux programs built for different architecture on another
linux system, for example to run arm linux binaries on an
x86 linux. This is qemu-user and variations.

grub-firmware-qemu enhances the first mode, i.e. system
emulation, and has nothing to do with the second, linux-user,
emulation of qemu. More, as the package description says,
it is appropriate for x86 architecture only. So the right
way here is to Recommend/Enhance qemu-system-x86, not whole
qemu.

The goal is to remove `qemu' binary metapackage from
Debian, because this package is not right, it is
pulling whole qemu with all its modes of operations, -
this is not what most people actually want, due to
what's been said above.

Thanks,

/mjt

Message #8 received at 966243-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>

To: 966243-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#966243 marked as pending in grub2

Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 15:12:05 +0000

Control: tag -1 pending

Hello,

Bug #966243 in grub2 reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/grub-team/grub/-/commit/0a6ff786fb01b28768139aaae7fd49b99f5ba741

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Make grub-firmware-qemu Recommend/Enhance qemu-system-x86, not qemu

Closes: #966243
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(this message was generated automatically)
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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/966243

Message #15 received at 966243-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 966243-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#966243: fixed in grub2 2.04-14

Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 16:48:41 +0000

Source: grub2
Source-Version: 2.04-14
Done: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
grub2, 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 966243@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> (supplier of updated grub2 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)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 15:23:51 +0000
Source: grub2
Architecture: source
Version: 2.04-14
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers <pkg-grub-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Closes: 774910 913928 966243 979754 981819
Changes:
 grub2 (2.04-14) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Raphaël Hertzog ]
   * Extend grub-efi to also cover arm64/ia64/arm (closes: #981819).
 .
   [ Colin Watson ]
   * Cherry-pick from upstream:
     - grub-install: Fix inverted test for NLS enabled when copying locales
       (closes: #979754).
   * Fix handling of trailing commas in grub-pc/install_devices (closes:
     #913928).
   * Make grub-firmware-qemu Recommend/Enhance qemu-system-x86, not qemu
     (closes: #966243).
   * Make grub-common depend on mtools on EFI platforms, for grub-mkrescue
     (closes: #774910).
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