[PATCH 0/2] [V2] [Maverick SRU] LP#681727: LBM wireless meta package linkage

[Tim Gardner]

On 11/30/2010 01:23 PM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> [V2: fix error in generic-pae update affecting alsa instead of wireless, DOH!]
>
> It seems that when the new compat-wireless-2.6.36/37 support was pulled in
> the old linux-backports-wireless binary package was renamed and new meta
> packages were introduced to track ABI.  However these new meta packages
> were only added for -generic and -server; -generic-pae was missed.
> Secondly the old linux-backports-modules-wireless meta packages were left
> and now point to a non-existant package triggering upgrade issues.
>
> To allow upgraders to transition across this rename we should
> point the old meta package at the coresponding version of
> linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless; which I believe was 2.6.36.
>
> Following this email are two patches, one to add the -generic-pae meta packages
> for the compat-wireless packages, the other to convert the existing
> wireless meta packages into transitional packages to the new names.
>
> For SRU to Maverick.
>
> -apw
>
> Andy Whitcroft (2):
>    UBUNTU: Add compat-wireless-2.6.36/37 support for generic-pae
>    UBUNTU: Fix linux-backports-modules-wireless linkage
>
>   meta-source/debian/changelog             |   10 ++++++++++
>   meta-source/debian/control.d/generic     |    2 +-
>   meta-source/debian/control.d/generic-pae |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>   meta-source/debian/control.d/server      |    2 +-
>   4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>

Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

applied, pushed, and uploaded
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