On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 02:59:01AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> I missed that one email, just saw it when reviewing the bug.
>
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 12:06:03AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> >>> E: openvswitch-datapath-dkms: python-script-but-no-python-dep
> usr/src/openvswitch-1.4.0/build-aux/check-structs
> [ ... many of the same ...]
>
> Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> > These are actually not serious, because the DKMS build doesn't
> > actually use any of those files. I should add a lintian override.
>
> Please don't do that! If "the DKMS doesn't actually use any of those
> files", then don't put them in the DKMS sources... More generally, I
> think it's not a good idea to just copy absolutely everything in the
> DKMS source folder, you should really be picking-up only what you need.
> There's no need to fill-up the hard drive of your users with useless files.
>
> More over, I don' think that hiding problems with a lintian override is
> the way to go.
I admit that there is a problem (shipping unneeded files) but it is not
the problem that lintian reports (missing dependencies).
I agree that the ideal solution is to not ship files that are unneeded.
I've currently got a patch out for review that provides a stepping stone
in that direction:
http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2012-March/015357.html
> BTW, it'd be really great if you could upload the fixed version of ovs.
> FYI, It's blocking the migration of xen-api in Testing... :)
Yes, sorry about that, I'll try to upload tomorrow. I keep getting
derailed onto other projects.
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