Bug#746799: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-06 Thread Jordi Mallach
On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 09:58:27AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > However this doesn't solve the problem if the user just removes > alsa-base without purging it, before the dummy package gets there. > Couldn't kmod do some clean-up, possibly with user confirmation via > debconf? (Not sure about th

Bug#746799: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2014-05-06 01:29:28 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 05, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > > So yes, why not orphan alsa-base for Jessie? > It is useful to have a dummy package around because it can clean up its > own config files. > Otherwise you risk keeping them around forever (and maybe ca

Bug#746799: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-05 Thread Marco d'Itri
On May 05, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > So yes, why not orphan alsa-base for Jessie? It is useful to have a dummy package around because it can clean up its own config files. Otherwise you risk keeping them around forever (and maybe causing issues with kmod in the future). -- ciao, Marco sig

Bug#746799: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-05 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Marco d'Itri [2014-05-05 13:57 +0200]: > On May 05, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > The last item is confusing: is the goal to uninstall the alsa-base > > package because it is no longer useful with kmod installed (but > > there's no "Replaces:"), or should one wait for an alsa-base update? > Ei

Bug#746799: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-05 Thread Marco d'Itri
On May 05, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > The last item is confusing: is the goal to uninstall the alsa-base > package because it is no longer useful with kmod installed (but > there's no "Replaces:"), or should one wait for an alsa-base update? Either choice is fine: a dummy alsa-base package will be

Bug#746799: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
[Cc Marco d'Itri for explanations] On 2014-05-03 20:27:08 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > $ apt-get changelog kmod | head -9 > Get:1 Changelog for kmod > (http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_17-1/changelog) > [4808 B] > kmod (17-1) unstable; urgency=medium > > * New

Bug#746799: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-03 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Jakub Wilk [2014-05-03 19:57 +0200]: > Package: alsa-base > Version: 1.0.25+3 > Severity: grave > > alsa-base cannot be installed in up-to-date unstable environment: > [...] > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > alsa-base : Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed > E:

Bug#746799: alsa-base: Depends: kmod but it is not going to be installed

2014-05-03 Thread Jakub Wilk
Package: alsa-base Version: 1.0.25+3 Severity: grave alsa-base cannot be installed in up-to-date unstable environment: # apt-get install alsa-base Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you