On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 18:39, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Jarry <mr.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks, this works (never heard of this file before). But there is >> one small problem: no wildcards are allowed, so whenever new sorces >> come I'll have to edit package.provided again, and again... BTW why >> should kmod depend on kernel-sources? Or even better, why should be >> kmod installed, if I have static (non-modular) kernel? > Because your use case is not standard. The normal situation for users > with kmod installed (and you have already kmod installed, since in > your --pretend run appears as to be reinstalled) is for them to use > kernel modules. The developers cannot handle every possible > combination of configurations, so defaults are set for the least weird > cases, or the common case even. > > Your setup is not the norm; therefore, it depends on you to keep it as > you like it. > > Regards. The case is actually quite common; Linux *sources* are only needed for building kernels on the local machine (and - if used - additional modules like nvidia-drivers). Anyone who does not build the kernel on the local machine, e.g. taking stock kernels from Debian/Fedora/..., kernel provided by netboot/openvz/Xen domUs or build them remotely will almost never need linux-sources installed.
BTW this will also add full kernel sources to all stage3 archives, increasing their size quite significantly. Regards, Felix
