Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 03:45:58PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 16:04 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Package: linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64
> > Version: 2.6.39-3
> > Severity: serious
> 
> This is not RC for the kernel.

"Upgrade makes another package completely unusable when not forcing an 
upgrade of that" is not RC?

> > Upgrading the kernel without also upgrading input-utils (e.g. when
> > using the version in squeeze or the version currently in testing)
> > makes input-utils unusable (see #609300).
> > 
> > After #609300 got fixed, the linux images should therefore add Breaks
> > for all non-fixed versions of input-utils.
> 
> Maybe.  But first you have to make input-utils work with both the kernel
> version in squeeze and the version in sid.

A versioned build-dependency on linux-libc-dev and a breaks for older 
kernel images seems to be the minimal fix.

> Ben.

cu
Adrian

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