ACK/Cmnt: [PATCH 0/2][j/k linux-azure, f/linux-azure-5.15] Azure: Remove circular dependency on linux-modules and linux-image

Marcelo Henrique Cerri marcelo.cerri at canonical.com
Mon Aug 22 14:00:34 UTC 2022


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I would avoid dropping the linux-modules- dependency from linux-image-
for now since that's not required for azure-fde. But I will leave that
to your discretion, since meta should be able to handle that.

Acked-by: Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.cerri at canonical.com>

On Mon, Aug 22 2022, Tim Gardner wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1987294
>
> SRU Justification
>
> [Impact]
>
> linux-image-azure-5.15 currently has a dependency on linux-modules-azure-5.15.
> Similarly, linux-modules-azure-5.15 depends on linux-image-azure-515. This
> circular dependency is unnecessary since the meta packages quite effectively
> manage those relationships. Furthermore, this dependency breaks the construction
> of FDE-5.15 packages by pulling in unwanted dependencies during FDE image creation.
>
> [Where things could go wrong]
>
> Installations where this dependency is assumed could stop working. This is unlikely
> since all cloud images start from correctly installed meta packages. This circular
> dependency is also new with 5.15 packages.


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Regards,
Marcelo
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