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

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Adrian Bunk wrote:

> Why is this "sid chroot on a stable system" usecase so important?

I don't write the policies.

More to the point, what I was trying to say is that the package
manager will not help you with this.  To get reasonable behavior on
what really is a common configuration, you need to be able to cope
with an older kernel, at least enough to print a meaningful error
message and exit.

> And how are you currently ensuring that perf is working in your
> "sid chroot on a stable system" usecase?

	$ cat /usr/bin/perf
	#!/bin/bash

	# Execute the right version of perf for the current kernel.
	version="$(uname -r)"
	version="${version%%-*}"
	shopt -s execfail
	exec "perf_$version" "$@"

	# Not found? Tell the user which package to install.
	echo >&2 "E: linux-tools-$version is not installed."
	exit 1

Anyway, if you believe that lockstep upgrades of the kernel and
userspace are something the Debian project should support, I am
guessing this bug log isn't the right place to discuss it.  Maybe
debian-devel.

Regards,
Jonathan