On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 15:02 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:25:47PM -0700, Al Stone wrote: > > Perhaps it is not clear from the description, but this package is > > only supposed to provide the _source_ needed to build an oprofile > > kernel module for 2.4.x kernels. It is not supposed to provide > > the modules themselves. Hence, I build the module packages personally > > and upload them as a convenience for using, using the source provided > > in 'oprofile-source.' Is it this module building part that you're > > suggesting I automate? If it is, that's fine -- I just want to make > > sure I understand what part is unacceptable. > > Yes, the problem is this second part, which results in binary packages in > the archive that are not built as a result of ./debian/rules binary. This > is non-standard, and in particular complicates the matter of security > support post-release.
Okay, that makes sense. Thanks. > If these are merely convenience packages that nothing depends on, it may be > best to remove them from the archive and just ship the oprofile-source > package. If so, please reassign this bug to ftp.debian.org. Hmmm. "Convenience" is an interesting term. Without a kernel module produced from the source contained in 'oprofile-source', systems with 2.[24].x kernels will not be able to run the user-space tools in the package 'oprofile' (2.6 kernels will not have this problem). However, because 'oprofile' cannot determine which kernel will be in use when it is run, we decided not to force a "Depends:" on a 'kernel-oprofile-module' in the package so the user has greater flexibility. So, I need an opinion, I guess: is it reasonable to make the user create their own kernel modules in those cases? If they are using something like 'oprofile,' they had better know what they're doing, so that's not unreasonable, but it might be inconvenient, and it affects a (possibly large) subset of all possible users. If it's not reasonable, I'll leave this bug as is and put together the proper packaging to build all the various modules from source. -- Ciao, al ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Stone Alter Ego: Linux & Open Source Lab Debian Developer Hewlett-Packard Company http://www.debian.org E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
