ACK: [SRU trusty/linux-lts-utopic trusty/linux-lts-vivid] LP#1405807: use the correct common tools packages V2

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Wed May 20 13:07:02 UTC 2015


On 20.05.2015 12:21, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> We are meant to share the linux-tools-common and linux-cloud-tools-common
> packages between _all_ kernels on a release.  This is because we can have
> only one of each of these packages installed regardless of the combination
> of native and HWE kernels we are using, because the common package provides
> the version specific binary selectors.
> 
> Currently linux-lts-utopic and linux-lts-vivid are incorrectly producing
> their own common packages which collide with and remove the other
> linux*tools-common packages.  This actually prevents any cloud daemons
> from being started.  Switch linux-lts-utopic and linux-lts-vivid tools
> packages to correctly depend on the common versions and stop producing
> the partially populated linux-lts-* versions.  This brings them into line
> with linux-lts-trusty in precise.  Finally add breaks/conflicts
> information to linux on trusty to ensure upgrades to these new versions
> occur cleanly.
> 
> Following this email are three patches one each for linux-lts-utopic and 
> linux-lts-vivid fixing their packages, and a third for linux which sorts
> out upgrades.
> 
> Proposing for SRU to trusty.  These must all be released together for
> sanity to prevail.
> 
> -apw
> 
Looks right to me...

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