Bug#890601: firmware-free: Source Package Doesn't Contain Source

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Jason,

Jason Self wrote:

> It appears that the source package for firmware-linux-free contains the
> firmware binaries downloaded from linux-firmware.git. Shouldn't a source
> package contain, you know, the source code? Especially as some of the
> firmwares are GPL-licensed, and Debian is shipping only the binaries.

Can you be more specific?  Which file have you found in the source
package that does not have corresponding source included?

> In looking into other distros it seems that that most don't compile the
> firmware from source either. As a result people don't notice when the tools
> to do so break. For example: The as31 assembler needed to build the usbdux
> firmware currently segfaults. Reference bug #887320.

That sounds like a different bug report: "package doesn't build from
source".

Thanks and hope that helps,
Jonathan