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Re: 2.6.12 upload



Horms <horms@debian.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 03:26:04PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Horms <horms@debian.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:04:07AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> >> The DI kernel udebs (linux-kernel-di-<arch> source) takes the
>> >> kernel-image deb, splits it up into kernel and several groups of
>> >> modules and builds udebs. There is no Depends there and can't be to
>> >> keep the kernel-image debs available.
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> kernel-image-di-arch ---source---> linux-kernel-di
>> >>                                           |
>> >>                                         magic
>> >>                                           |
>> >>                                           \/
>> >> kernel-tree-X.Y.Z-N <---depends--- kernel-image
>> >>           |
>> >>           \/
>> >>    kernel sources
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> The 'magic' part is the problem.
>> >
>> > I don't follow why there is a problem with linux-kernel-di 
>> > depending on kernel-tree-X.Y.Z-N.
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > Horms
>> 
>> The problem is that the DAK will update linux-2.6, kernel-tree-x.y.z-n
>> and kernel-image packages without any regards to linux-kernel-di. They
>> will become out of sync and end up without source -> GPL violation.
>> 
>> In the old setup kernel-source-2.6.8 will remain until removed manualy
>> and linux-kernel-di has that as source.
>
> But kernel-source-x.y.z.N provides kernel-tree-x.y.z-n for 1 <= n <= N
> Surely this resolves the problem some people percieve with regards
> to the GPL.

No. Since linux-2.6 source means kernel-tree-x.y.(z+1)-1 will replace
kernel-tree-x.y.z-n now.

You would have to provide 1 <= z <= Z, 1 <= n <= N for it to still
work.

MfG
        Goswin



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