Bug#1106005: installation-reports: I end up with all the files of "firmware-sof-signed" installed, but not the package itself
Hi,
Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote (Tue, 20 May 2025 22:13:54 +0200):
> On 20/05/2025 at 21:54, Holger Wansing wrote:
> >
> > If I understand correctly, there are two ways, why those firmware files are copied/installed to the target system:
> > - via some mechanism, when speech synthesis is used during installation (only loose firmware files are copied, no deb installed officially the apt way),
>
> Not only when speech synthesis is used but whenever gtk/initrd.gz is
> used (by either graphical install or install with speech synthesis).
>
> > - via firmware-detect mechanism, when involved hardware is found (officially installing via apt).
> >
> > The second case should be solid enough to rely on, so why copy the files to /target in the first case at all?
>
> See bug#992699 [1] for details.
>
> TL;DR:
> Speech synthesis needs sound to be enabled very early in the
> installation process, before the installation media which contains
> firmware packages is mounted.
>
> [1] <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=992699>
That's correct; however that's only within the installer environment.
There is no need for the (apt-un-aware) copy of the firmware files to /target,
since the usual firmware detect mechanism would take care of this (in an
apt-clean way).
Did I got the facts right?
Holger
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