[SRU][K][PATCH 0/8] UBUNTU: [Packaging] remove circular dep between modules and image
Stefan Bader
stefan.bader at canonical.com
Wed Oct 26 08:35:19 UTC 2022
On 26.10.22 10:17, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2022, 10:09 Stefan Bader, <stefan.bader at canonical.com
> <mailto: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
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1989334>
> > Signed-off-by: Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov at canonical.com
> <mailto: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 few had out of date modules package.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.
>
Enough to have it here now. But as a reminder to think about reviewers context
next time.
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