Bug#395110: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc: uninstallable

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 02:28:24PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote:
> 
> > [ snipped paragraph about Manoj ]
> 
> Quoting Julian Gilbey in the logs for this bug:
> 
> > According to Manoj in the logs to bug#394661, which was blocking this
> > bug and has since been closed, the bug was fixed in kernel-package
> > 10.063.  So I guess that all that is needed is a rebuild of the
> > kernels with a Build-Depends on a sufficiently recent kernel-package.
> 
> So, apparently, Manoj has already fixed his part, and the issue seems
> to be now in your hands, kernel people, if the plan by Julian is
> correct (rebuild kernels using a recent enough kernel-package).

Nice to know, but it would have been nice for Manoj to tell us about it,
especially as the issue surfaced within days of the -3 upload.

We really need a better way to handle bug reports which affect more than one
package, since cloning and merging is not the best way to go for those.

Friendly,

Sven Luther