Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-02-05 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
Hi All, On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 04:28:34PM +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 4:11 PM Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2020-01-15 at 12:50 +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > Hi Jonathan, > > > > > > > > So on balance I support moving libbpf out to a separate source

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-31 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 4:11 PM Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-01-15 at 12:50 +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > Hi Jonathan, > > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 06:12:05AM +, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > > retitle 948041 libbpf-dev: please build from > > > https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf >

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-31 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2020-01-15 at 12:50 +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 06:12:05AM +, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > retitle 948041 libbpf-dev: please build from > > https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf > > reassign 948041 libbpf-dev > > merge 942903 948041 > > quit > >

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-27 Thread Julia Kartseva
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:32:22 -0800 Andrii Nakryiko wrote: > Libbpf releases are only loosely synchronized with kernel releases, > and it's only due to current convention we established within > community. There is nothing preventing multiple releases of libbpf > between two releases of kernel. So

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-19 Thread Andrii Nakryiko
On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 7:48 AM Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 12:50:16PM +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 06:12:05AM +, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > > I agree --- if upstream development were happening in > > > https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf then

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-18 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 12:50:16PM +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 06:12:05AM +, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > I agree --- if upstream development were happening in > > https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf then this would be a no-brainer. It > > appears to instead be a mirror

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-15 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
Hi Jonathan, On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 06:12:05AM +, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > retitle 948041 libbpf-dev: please build from https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf > reassign 948041 libbpf-dev > merge 942903 948041 > quit > > Hi, > > Julia Kartseva wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:51:55 +0100

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-14 Thread Jonathan Nieder
retitle 948041 libbpf-dev: please build from https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf reassign 948041 libbpf-dev merge 942903 948041 quit Hi, Julia Kartseva wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:51:55 +0100 Bastian Blank wrote: >> Why should we? If the upstream developers decide to maintain it >>

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-14 Thread Julia Kartseva
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:51:55 +0100 Bastian Blank wrote: > But updating independently does not provide any benefit. As the kernel > repo is still upstream, all upstream chnages will flow into the Debian > archive. An extra package will always lag behind, as changes needs to > flow from kernel

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-12 Thread Bastian Blank
Hi Sudip On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 12:28:20AM +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 08:23:58PM +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > What are the benefits of doing so? > > The only benefit will be that we will be able to update the libraries > > irrespective of kernel update. libbpf

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-11 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 08:23:58PM +, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 7:49 PM Bastian Blank wrote: > > > > Hi Marco > > > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 06:59:36PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > > On Jan 03, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > >

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-03 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 7:49 PM Bastian Blank wrote: > > Hi Marco > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 06:59:36PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Jan 03, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > Do we package libbpf from their github repo independent of the kernel > > > update? Then we will need to remove the

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-03 Thread Bastian Blank
Hi Marco On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 06:59:36PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jan 03, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > Do we package libbpf from their github repo independent of the kernel > > update? Then we will need to remove the libbpf building bits from the > > Debian kernel source and create a

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-03 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:15 PM Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Jan 03, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > Do we package libbpf from their github repo independent of the kernel > > update? Then we will need to remove the libbpf building bits from the > > Debian kernel source and create a separate package

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-03 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 03, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > Do we package libbpf from their github repo independent of the kernel > update? Then we will need to remove the libbpf building bits from the > Debian kernel source and create a separate package for libbpf. This is what some of the upstream libbpf developers

Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel

2020-01-03 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
Package: src:linux Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org libbpf source has moved to a separate github repo but keeps the kernel as the true/first source, and updating github repo when release is ready. In Steve's word the problem they faced