Bug#607617: src:linux-latest-2.6: no linux-headers-2.6-all package

[Ben Hutchings]

Control: tag -1 moreinfo
Control: submitter -1 Ansgar Burchardt 

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:21:48 +0100 Ansgar Burchardt
 wrote:
> Package: src:linux-latest-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32+28
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> linux-2.6 provides a (versioned) linux-headers-2.6.32-5-all package.  It
> would be nice if the current version of this package was available as
> linux-headers-2.6-all as well, similar to the other linux-headers-2.6-*
> packages.

So far as I can see, the original purpose of the existing linux-
headers-*-all packages was to support source packages that build binary
packages of modules for all flavours, for inclusion in the archive.
Since the removal of nvidia-graphics-modules, we no longer have any
such source packages and I don't know what these metapackages would be
useful for.

In any case, such a source package would often need to be updated for
API changes in the kernel, so I wouldn't expect a binNMU with an
updated linux-headers-all metapackage to work.  Do you remember how
you intended to use this metapackage?

Ben.
 
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Ben Hutchings
Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap.

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Bug#607617: src:linux-latest-2.6: no linux-headers-2.6-all package

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Package: src:linux-latest-2.6
Version: 2.6.32+28
Severity: wishlist

linux-2.6 provides a (versioned) linux-headers-2.6.32-5-all package.  It
would be nice if the current version of this package was available as
linux-headers-2.6-all as well, similar to the other linux-headers-2.6-*
packages.

Regards,
Ansgar



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