Bug#321964: linux-2.6: package that depends on all -headers for $arch

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 12:50:47PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 03:52:33PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote:
> > Package: linux-2.6
> > Version: 2.6.12-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > There used to exist packages that depend on all -headers packages for a
> > particular arch (eg. kernel-headers-2.6.11-1-i386). This is very useful
> > for build-depends when autobuilding external module packages. 
> > 
> > Such packages seem to no longer exist with the new kernel packaging -
> > please consider to re-add something like it.
> > 
> 
> Now that waldi has gencontrol.py creating dummy packages and rules for
> the various linux-image and linux-header packages, we can throw the
> all-headers package back in.  There was some issue of what it should
> actually be called, however..  Calling it linux-headers-2.6.12-1-i386
> doesn't work too well for all archs, since we end up w/
> linux-headers-2.6.12-1-powerpc, which conflicts w/ the name of a flavour.

linux-headers-2.6.12-1-<arch>-all
 -> linux-headers-2.6.12-1-i386-all
 -> linux-headers-2.6.12-1-powerpc-all

Does that work?


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Horms