Ack: [PATCH linux-meta-lts-quantal SRU] UBUNTU: Provide an EOL upgrade meta package

[Brad Figg]

On 05/24/2013 07:42 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1183850
> 
> OEM Pre-installs need a way to automatically upgrade to the final LTS kernel
> at end of life.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
> ---
>  meta-source/debian/control.d/generic        |   11 +++++++++++
>  meta-source/debian/control.d/signed-generic |   11 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meta-source/debian/control.d/generic b/meta-source/debian/control.d/generic
> index 92e62b9..b47aa49 100644
> --- a/meta-source/debian/control.d/generic
> +++ b/meta-source/debian/control.d/generic
> @@ -25,3 +25,14 @@ Description: Generic Linux kernel image and headers
>   This package will always depend on the latest generic 12.10 kernel image
>   and headers packages available.
>  
> +# Update this meta package to depend on the 14.04 LTS kernel when Quantal goes EOL.
> +
> +Package: linux-generic-lts-quantal-eol-upgrade
> +Architecture: amd64
> +Section: metapackages
> +Priority: optional
> +Depends: ${misc:Depends}, linux-generic-lts-quantal
> +Description: Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
> + This package will always depend on the latest 12.10 generic Linux kernel
> + and headers, or 14.04 when 12.10 is end of life.
> +
> diff --git a/meta-source/debian/control.d/signed-generic b/meta-source/debian/control.d/signed-generic
> index d16defb..01f60b9 100644
> --- a/meta-source/debian/control.d/signed-generic
> +++ b/meta-source/debian/control.d/signed-generic
> @@ -16,3 +16,14 @@ Description: Complete Signed Generic Linux kernel and headers
>   This package will always depend on the latest complete generic Linux kernel
>   and headers.  Signed with the Ubuntu EFI key.
>  
> +# Update this meta package to depend on the 14.04 signed LTS kernel when Quantal goes EOL.
> +
> +Package: linux-signed-generic-lts-quantal-eol-upgrade
> +Architecture: amd64
> +Section: metapackages
> +Priority: optional
> +Depends: ${misc:Depends}, linux-signed-generic-lts-quantal
> +Description: Complete Signed Generic Linux kernel and headers
> + This package will always depend on the latest 12.10 generic Linux kernel
> + and headers, or 14.04 when 12.10 is end of life.
> +
> 


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