ACK: [SRU][Stonking][PATCH v2] UBUNTU: [Packaging] Add IBM transitional packages

[Jian Hui Lee]

Acked-by: Jian Hui Lee <jianhui.lee at canonical.com>

On Sat, Jun 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM John Cabaj via kernel-team
<kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> linux-ibm is generally not required anymore for interim releases,
> possibly going forward for LTS releases as well. However, CPC wants
> to have "linux-ibm" available as a package, redirecting to linux-generic.
> Providing transitional package to accomplish this.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Cabaj <john.cabaj at canonical.com>
> ---
>  debian/control.d/transitionals-ibm | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 debian/control.d/transitionals-ibm
>
> diff --git a/debian/control.d/transitionals-ibm b/debian/control.d/transitionals-ibm
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..053b8d7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/debian/control.d/transitionals-ibm
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +Package: linux-headers-ibm
> +Architecture: amd64
> +Section: oldlibs
> +Multi-Arch: no
> +Depends: linux-headers-generic
> +Description: IBM Linux kernel headers (transitional package)
> + Transitional package for upgrades. This package can be safely removed.
> +
> +Package: linux-image-ibm
> +Architecture: amd64
> +Section: oldlibs
> +Multi-Arch: no
> +Depends: linux-image-generic
> +Description: IBM Linux kernel image (transitional package)
> + Transitional package for upgrades. This package can be safely removed.
> +
> +Package: linux-tools-ibm
> +Architecture: amd64
> +Section: oldlibs
> +Multi-Arch: no
> +Depends: linux-tools-generic
> +Description: IBM Linux kernel tools (transitional package)
> + Transitional package for upgrades. This package can be safely removed.
> +
> +Package: linux-ibm
> +Architecture: amd64
> +Section: oldlibs
> +Multi-Arch: no
> +Depends: linux-generic
> +Description: Complete IBM Linux kernel and headers (transitional package)
> + Transitional package for upgrades. This package can be safely removed.
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
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