On Tue, 2013-10-29 at 21:38 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On Wednesday, 25. September 2013 06:42:06 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Further, any level of dependency (Depends, Recommends or Suggests) on > > > 'linux-image' prevents APT auto-removing any of the packages that > > > provide it, making any use of the virtual package actually harmful. > > > > I opened bugs on all the packages that do recommend or suggest > > linux-image (none depend on it): > > > I don't think they need to block this bug, as removing the Provides > > won't make them unininstallable. > > > linux (3.11.5-1) unstable; urgency=low > > [ Ben Hutchings ] > > * Stop providing virtual packages linux-image (Closes: #724569), > > linux-headers and linux-source > > Dropping the linux-headers virtual package has made several *-dkms packages > uninstallable: > > west-chamber-dkms (0, 0) (Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paul...@debian.org>) > dependency linux-headers-generic is does-not-exist > alternative dependency linux-headers is does-not-exist > > blcr-dkms (0, 0) (Alan Woodland <awoodl...@debian.org>) > dependency linux-headers-2.6-686 is does-not-exist > alternative dependency linux-headers-2.6-amd64 is does-not-exist > alternative dependency linux-headers-generic is does-not-exist > alternative dependency linux-headers is does-not-exist > > (I just rescheduled all dkms packages in sid to see if there are more > affected.) > > > Please file RC bugs giving advice how to adjust this dependency properly.
Thanks for checking this. I've opened grave bugs against these which will be uninstallable everywhere: #728264 blcr-dkms #728266 blktap-dkms #728269 est-chamber-dkms And important bugs against these which will be uninstallable on some architectures: #728267 oss4-dkms #728268 sl-modem-dkms > Or reinstate that virtual package. No, I think it has to go. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings [W]e found...that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought. ... I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs. - Maurice Wilkes, 1949
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