[Bug 783864] Re: need a versioned depend on vgabios

[Serge Hallyn]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: qemu-kvm
  
  qemu-kvm includes symlinks to files in the vgabios package, but only
  newer vgabios packages provide those files. The dependency that natty &
  oneiric's qemu-kvm has on vgabios probably needs to be versioned to >= 0
  .6c-2ubuntu2 to work well w/ partial upgrades and backports.
+ 
+ SRU Justifications:
+ 1. Impact: users backporting qemu-kvm need to know to manually upgrade vgabios first.  A versioned depend should be warning them and doing it for them.
+ 
+ 2. How bug was addressed: the vgabios depends is versioned to ensure
+ that the version provides needed symlink targets.
+ 
+ 3. Patch:
+ diff -u qemu-kvm-0.14.0+noroms/debian/control qemu-kvm-0.14.0+noroms/debian/control
+ --- qemu-kvm-0.14.0+noroms/debian/control
+ +++ qemu-kvm-0.14.0+noroms/debian/control
+ @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
+  
+  Package: qemu-common
+  Architecture: all
+ -Depends: seabios, vgabios, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+ +Depends: seabios, vgabios (>= 0.6c-2ubuntu2), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+  Recommends: cpu-checker
+  Suggests: kvm-pxe,
+            mol-drivers-macosx,
+ 
+ 4. TEST CASE: dpkg -i qemu-common_0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu5_all.deb on a
+ lucid machine.
+ 
+ 5. regression potential: none.

** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Natty)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  need a versioned depend on vgabios