[resending to address that doesn't bounce for me with SPF complaint] On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:25:39PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > 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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