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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1205284 Title: linux-tools naming is not scalable to multiple source packages Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-goldfish” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-lowlatency” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-lts-saucy” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux-meta” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-meta-goldfish” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-meta-lowlatency” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-meta-ppc” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-ppc” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “apt” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “linux-goldfish” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “linux-lowlatency” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “linux-lts-saucy” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “linux-meta” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “linux-meta-goldfish” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “linux-meta-lowlatency” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “linux-meta-ppc” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “linux-ppc” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “apt” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux-goldfish” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux-lowlatency” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux-lts-saucy” source package in Saucy: Invalid Status in “linux-meta” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux-meta-goldfish” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux-meta-lowlatency” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux-meta-ppc” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Status in “linux-ppc” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Bug description: The linux tools packages are not currently scalable to multiple source package branches. This is because the packages are actually per architecture (not flavour) in both contents and naming but may differ between source packages which may be at different versions. This prevents us safely emitting linux-tools packages from branches other than master. We have a policy of insulating people from the source package from which a kernel comes. We do this via the linux-<thing>-<flavour> package naming, which is consistant regardless of overall package. It therefore makes a lot of sense to extend this to the tools package. Such that we would have the following user consumable packages as below: linux-tools-<flavour> -- tools to match linux-image-<flavour> linux-tools-<abi>-<flavour> -- tools to match linux-image-<abi>-<flavour> In order to allow linux-tools to be still be a valid install target the first of these would additionally Provides: linux-tools to allow simple selection of the appropriate flavour specific package where there is only one, or to help the user make an informed choice where there is more. The first would be the logical choice when wanting to maintain tools installed for all future version of the kernel, mirroring the kernels as installed by the linux-<flavour> and linux-image-<flavour> packages and keeping the user up to date in tools. The second would be the appropriate package to request installation when trying to target a specific kernel version and would be used by the wrapper when requesting manual intervention such as when the linux-tools-<flavour> is not installed. The first of these would be added to the appropriate meta package, the second would come out of the flavour specific packages in the main kernel source package. Further we would then be able to name the actual binary packages as produced by the various source packages to be source package specific. Thus we would have packages as below: linux-tools-<abi> -- coming out of the master branch linux-grouper-tools-<abi> -- coming out of the grouper branch These would be hidden from the user via the previously listed meta packages and would not be direct installation candidates. There is also an additional linux-tools-common package which represents the manual pages and the wrappers. These would be only generated and installed from the master branch and all of the other flavours would (at least initially) share this package. The actual binaries will be moved over to names similar to below: /usr/lib/<srcpkg>-tools-<abi>/<binary> with symlinks in as below for each flavour pointing to the above: /usr/lib/linux-tools/<binary>-<abi>-<flavour> To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1205284/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
