Metapackages for linux-restricted-modules

[John]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:21:31AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
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>>On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:42:31AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
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>>>However, this raises the question of how to keep them in sync with the
>>>ones built by linux-source, so that the "default version" of everything
>>>matches up.  e.g., if I install linux-image-2.6 and
>>>linux-restricted-modules-2.6, they should be the same version and
>>>everything should work.
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>>I don't think you need to keep them in sync.  The restricted module
>>packages depend on the corresponding linux-image packages.  So if you are
>>going to install the restricted meta package, you don't need the
>>linux-image meta package at all.
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>My concern is with this scenario:
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>- I install linux-image-2.6-386, which installs linux-image-2.6.8.1-2-386
>- I install linux-restricted-modules-2.6-386, which installs
>  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.8.1-2-386
>- linux-image-2.6.8.1-2-386 is superseded by linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-386
>- My Atheros driver suddenly disappears
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>So while linux-restricted-modules depends on the corresponding kernel image,
>that kernel image is no longer the default one depended upon by the
>linux-image metapackage, nor is it the default one which is booted on my
>system by grub.
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>Whereas, if the metapackages are all built by the same source package, they
>cannot fall out of sync this way.
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>>Having said, I certainly have no objections against building all meta
>>packages from a separate source package.  BTW, does warty have a similar
>>requirement to Debian where packages in main cannot depend on those
>>outside of main?
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Presumably a restricted-linux-image-2.6-386 could be constructed that 
would pull in everything anyone might need, so when plug my new 11g card 
into my text box the drivers are there ready for me, and (if needed) a 
script runs to get my slushware off the CD and put it in the right place.

btw Here's that Netcomm card I have:
http://www.allnet.de/cgi-php/produkte_text_neu.php?allnet_pn=ALL0271&katnr=19

This might be okay, it's Atheros:
http://www.allnet.de/product_info.php?products_id=27101