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Bug#842719: debian-installer: use Built-Using from kernel-image udebs to get linux version?



On Mon, 2016-10-31 at 17:26 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
[...]
> The LINUX_VERSION lookup is approximate, since the udeb's version is
> taken into account. It would be better to just rely on a Built-Using
> field which would contain the right linux bits. This could probably be
> added to the kernel-image-* udebs (instead of adding that to all kernel
> udebs).
[...]

That's now implemented in the master branch of linux-signed so this
will be fixed in the next upload (for linux 4.8.5-1).  I didn't want to
make a special case so now all udebs will have Built-Using.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Horngren's Observation:
                   Among economists, the real world is often a special
case.

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