[PATCH] UBUNTU: [Packaging] Do not allow update-version-dkms to be run on a derivative kernel

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Thu Mar 4 20:00:08 UTC 2021


It is too easy to run this script when drifting through the cranky cheat sheet
without really thinking about what you're doing while cranking a derivative
kernel.

Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
---
 update-version-dkms | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/update-version-dkms b/update-version-dkms
index d90ce2c85f65..cfff38531275 100755
--- a/update-version-dkms
+++ b/update-version-dkms
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ esac
 # find our changelog.
 debian=$(awk -F= '($1 == "DEBIAN") { print $2 }' <debian/debian.env)
 
+# Make sure this isn't a derivative kernel
+uconf=$debian/etc/update.conf
+if [ -f $uconf ]
+then
+	echo "Do not run this script on a derivative kernel."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 # identify the current series
 series=$(dpkg-parsechangelog -l"$debian/changelog" -SDistribution)
 if [ "$series" = "UNRELEASED" ]; then
-- 
2.17.1




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