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

John Cabaj john.cabaj at canonical.com
Fri Jun 26 17:23:46 UTC 2026


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.
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