Bug#1100723: firmware-misc-nonfree: ralink firmware disapears after upgrade due backport firmware-misc-free split in multiple packages

[Peter Kutak <peter.kutak@gmail.com>]

Package: firmware-misc-nonfree
Version: 1:20240709-2~bpo12+1+rpt2
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: peter.kutak@gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

After apt upgrade ralink firmware disapears.
I have installed firmware-ralink, this virtual package points to firmware-misc-nonfree.
But after backporting split of firmware-misc-nonfree, ralink firmware
are now in firmware-mediatek which was not automaticaly installed in time of
apt upgrade. In time of apt install it will insatall recommanded
subpackages automatically.
I thik that firmware-ralink should now points to firmware-mediatek or somehow automatically install recomanded packages in time of apt upgrade.
Now I see that my version is from rpi repository, so i am not sure about
this report.

Peter Kutak


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.10
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)

Kernel: Linux 6.6.74+rpt-rpi-v7 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

firmware-misc-nonfree depends on no packages.

Versions of packages firmware-misc-nonfree recommends:
pn  firmware-intel-graphics   <none>
pn  firmware-intel-misc       <none>
ii  firmware-mediatek         1:20240709-2~bpo12+1+rpt2
pn  firmware-nvidia-graphics  <none>

Versions of packages firmware-misc-nonfree suggests:
pn  initramfs-tools  <none>

-- no debconf information