Package: linux-headers-6.6.13+bpo-amd64 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: c...@tuatha.org
Dear Maintainer, The linux-headers packages for kernel version 6.6 seem to depend on the corresponding linux-image packages, but I believe that this should not be the case (and was not the case in previous versions). It should be possible to install the header files for a particular kernel version (eg: to allow for modules to be built for that version, which is my use case) without requiring the kernel image to be installed. I think the headers packages should depend on a suitable version of linux-kbuild and any necessary glibc headers or other build artifacts, but not on linux-image-* Many thanks, Colm -- System Information: Debian Release: 12.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (900, 'stable-updates'), (900, 'stable-security'), (900, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-0.deb12.4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages linux-headers-6.6.13+bpo-amd64 depends on: ii gcc-12 12.2.0-14 pn linux-headers-6.6.13+bpo-common <none> pn linux-image-6.6.13+bpo-amd64 | linux-image-6.6.13+bpo-amd64-unsi <none> gned pn linux-kbuild-6.6.13+bpo <none> linux-headers-6.6.13+bpo-amd64 recommends no packages. linux-headers-6.6.13+bpo-amd64 suggests no packages.