Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-21 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 07:05 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 01:09:34AM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 14:29 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30:41PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: ... This is wrong on so many levels. 1. There

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-21 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:50:01PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 07:05 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 01:09:34AM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 14:29 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30:41PM +0100, Ben

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 14:29 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30:41PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: ... This is wrong on so many levels. 1. There is no way to declare relations to 'all kernel packages'. Why not? 1. There are many different binary packages for different

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-20 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 01:09:34AM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 14:29 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30:41PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: ... This is wrong on so many levels. 1. There is no way to declare relations to 'all kernel packages'.

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Adrian Bunk
tags 609300 +patch thanks On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30:41PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: ... This is wrong on so many levels. 1. There is no way to declare relations to 'all kernel packages'. Why not? How could a package declare I need at least kernel 2.6.39? (I know that self-compiled

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Uwe Kleine-König
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 02:29:47PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: tags 609300 +patch thanks On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30:41PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: ... This is wrong on so many levels. 1. There is no way to declare relations to 'all kernel packages'. Why not? How could a package

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 02:45:20PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 02:29:47PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: tags 609300 +patch thanks On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30:41PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: ... This is wrong on so many levels. 1. There is no way to

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
http://www.kraxel.org/blog/2011/07/input-1-0-released/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e246687.7090...@bytesex.org

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 14:29:47 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: How could a package declare I need at least kernel 2.6.39? You can't, and shouldn't, do that (at least until after the wheezy release). Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 08:35:21PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 14:29:47 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: How could a package declare I need at least kernel 2.6.39? You can't, and shouldn't, do that (at least until after the wheezy release). Why shouldn't? What would be

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Adrian Bunk wrote: What would be the correct handling for a package whose upstream sources use a userspace-kernel interface introduced in 2.6.39? Check for -ENOSYS, print a helpful error message, and exit. And cooperate with upstream to come up with a reasonable fallback so your package can

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 02:30:41PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: What would be the correct handling for a package whose upstream sources use a userspace-kernel interface introduced in 2.6.39? Check for -ENOSYS, print a helpful error message, and exit. And cooperate

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-18 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Adrian Bunk wrote: Why is this sid chroot on a stable system usecase so important? I don't write the policies. More to the point, what I was trying to say is that the package manager will not help you with this. To get reasonable behavior on what really is a common configuration, you need to

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-15 Thread Adrian Bunk
Package: linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64 Version: 2.6.39-3 Severity: serious Upgrading the kernel without also upgrading input-utils (e.g. when using the version in squeeze or the version currently in testing) makes input-utils unusable (see #609300). After #609300 got fixed, the linux images should

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 16:04 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: Package: linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64 Version: 2.6.39-3 Severity: serious This is not RC for the kernel. Upgrading the kernel without also upgrading input-utils (e.g. when using the version in squeeze or the version currently in testing)

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-15 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 03:45:58PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 16:04 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: Package: linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64 Version: 2.6.39-3 Severity: serious This is not RC for the kernel. Upgrade makes another package completely unusable when not forcing

Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

2011-07-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:41:59PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 03:45:58PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 16:04 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: Package: linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64 Version: 2.6.39-3 Severity: serious This is not RC for the kernel.