On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 03:55:57AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > oss4-dkms depends on linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | > linux-headers-generic | linux-headers. > > linux-headers is a virtual package that is no longer provided, > starting with Linux 3.11. This is because any level of dependency > (Depends, Recommends or Suggests) on 'linux-headers' prevented APT > auto-removing any of the packages that provide it. > > oss4-dkms will thus become uninstallable on non-x86 architectures. > > I suggest that you replace this dependency with a recommendation of > linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic
It seems odd to me that there's no way to get linux headers to install on non-x86 architectures unless you expand this to all of linux-headers-*. Anyway, I uploaded a fix to delayed/10-days, given that this is now RC. Kind regards Philipp Kern
diff -Nru oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/changelog
oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/changelog
--- oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/changelog 2012-12-04 20:53:23.000000000 +0100
+++ oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/changelog 2013-11-23 15:24:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+oss4 (4.2-build2007-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Downgrade the linux-headers dependency to recommends.
+ (Closes: #728267)
+
+ -- Philipp Kern <pk...@debian.org> Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:23:32 +0100
+
oss4 (4.2-build2007-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* Revert changes from the previous NMU, it breaks more things
diff -Nru oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/control oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/control
--- oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/control 2012-11-19 12:00:44.000000000 +0100
+++ oss4-4.2-build2007/debian/control 2013-11-23 15:23:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
Package: oss4-dkms
Section: kernel
Architecture: linux-any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, oss4-base, dkms, dpkg-dev, linux-headers-686-pae |
linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic | linux-headers
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, oss4-base, dkms, dpkg-dev
+Recommends: linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic
Provides: oss4-modules
Description: Open Sound System - DKMS module sources
This package contains the source for the OSS4 kernel modules,
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