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and subject line Bug#890601: fixed in firmware-free 20241210-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #890601,
regarding firmware-linux-free uses prebuilt blobs instead of building from
source
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Package: firmware-linux-free
Version: 3.4
It appears that the source package for firmware-linux-free contains the
firmware binaries downloaded from linux-firmware.git. Shouldn't a source
package contain, you know, the source code? Especially as some of the
firmwares are GPL-licensed, and Debian is shipping only the binaries.
In looking into other distros it seems that that most don't compile the
firmware from source either. As a result people don't notice when the tools
to do so break. For example: The as31 assembler needed to build the usbdux
firmware currently segfaults. Reference bug #887320.
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Source: firmware-free
Source-Version: 20241210-3
Done: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
firmware-free, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> (supplier of updated firmware-free package)
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:59:06 +0100
Source: firmware-free
Architecture: source
Version: 20241210-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
Closes: 890601
Changes:
firmware-free (20241210-3) unstable; urgency=medium
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* Build CIS files and keyspan_pda firmware from source (Closes: #890601):
- d/control: Build-Depend on cis-tools, linux-misc-tools
- d/rules: Clean and build in cis and keyspan_pda directories
* d/b/gbp-postexport-hook: Clean up temp files, to work with current Salsa CI
* d/copyright: Add the verbatim-FSF license text
* d/copyright: Delete unreferenced license texts
* d/rules: Run dedup-firmware.sh after copy-firmware.sh
* d/rules: Clean debian/lib/python/debian_linux/__pycache__
* d/b/check_upstream.py: Recognise "MIT" licence in WHENCE
* Unconditionally install firmware under /usr/lib/firmware
* Refactor firmware installation to use dh_install
* Add metainfo.xml files to dh_install file lists
* Replace recursive makefiles with dh command
* d/rules: Fix maintainerclean rule and add clean-generated rule
* d/s/lintian-overrides: Override file-without-copyright-information warning
for license texts
* d/rules: Only deduplicate files that are packaged
* d/rules: Check for broken symlinks among installed firmware
* d/rules: Clean debian/build/install in the debian/control-real rule
* d/bin/gencontrol.py: handle Depends in addition to other fields
* d/watch: Convert to version 5 format
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