Hello, On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:35:54 +0200 Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: dkms > Version: 2.8.3-3 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > is it possible to move dh_dkms and friends into a separate package (dh-dkms) > to be used as build-depends by the various packages building *-dkms packages? > There is no need that installing build-dependencies attempts to build and > install kernel modules on the build environent. > > I'm willing to look into this and provide a patch. > > Transition plan: > 1. dkms Depends: dh-dkms (= ${binary:Version}) > 2. reverse B-D of dkms switch to dh-dkms > 3. dkms drops Depends: dh-dkms >
I like this, I'm not maintainer, but feel free to just do it, since looks like "nobody" is actually maintaining the package :) G.
