[SRU][K][PATCH 0/8] UBUNTU: [Packaging] remove circular dep between modules and image

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2022, 10:09 Stefan Bader, <stefan.bader at canonical.com> wrote:

> On 25.10.22 09:15, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> > Currently we have circular dependencies between linux-image and
> > linux-modules/linux-modules-extra packages. This is redundant, and
> > harmful when additional types of linux-images are provided
> > (i.e. kernel.efi).
> >
> > Break the circular dependency by only keeping linux-image ->
> > linux-modules dep, remove linux-modules -> linux-image dep, remove
> > linux-modules-extra -> linux-image dep, add linux-modules-extra ->
> > linux-modules dep.
> >
> > This has already been applied to generic kernel, these are patches for
> > all the remaining kernels in kinetic.
> >
> > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1989334
> > Signed-off-by: Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov at canonical.com>
> >
> > Dimitri John Ledkov (1):
> >    [SRU][K linux-*][PATCH] UBUNTU: [Packaging] remove circular dep
> >      between modules and image
> >
> >   debian.*/control.d/flavour-control.stub | 4 ++--
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertion(+), 2 deletion(-)
> >
>
> There are some sources which only get the modules-extra part changed. That
> might
> be because the dependency was already removed for modules or forgotten.
> Impossible to tell from the patches. A note about it here would be
> helpful...
>

True, maybe I should have increased context. It is correct, that each
kernel got different set of changes. Most only had incorrect modules-extra
deps, and only few had out of date modules package.

I can try to generate patches with longer context such that it it obvious
which packages getting which changes.

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