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Bug#735462: firmware-non-free: Drop reference to obsolete linux-image virtual package



Control: reassign -1 src:firmware-nonfree

On Mi, 15 ian 14, 16:37:34, hertzog@debian.org wrote:
> Source: firmware-non-free
> Version: 0.40
> Severity: normal
> Usertags: obsolete-linux-image
> 
> Hello,
> 
> one (or more) binary package(s) generated by the firmware-non-free
> source package still mentions the “linux-image” virtual package
> in Recommends or Suggests. That virtual package is obsolete since the
> latest linux-image-* packages no longer provide this virtual package.
> 
> See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/09/msg00539.html for
> the rationale and some details.
> 
> The presence of this virtual package in Recommends has the rather
> annoying side effect that when you try to install the package with
> APT, and that you have say wheezy and jessie repositories, APT will
> install the wheezy kernel that still provides linux-image and this
> even though you already have a jessie kernel installed...
> 
> Please get rid of those linux-image dependencies.
> 
> Cheers, 
> -- 
> Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer
> 
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