On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Elan Ruusamäe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what we want? integrity or what? if you want to use custom kernel.config, then > kernel.spec on LINUX_2_6 offers that. you can't control things that are > outside package management. and trying to do it half-way you break packages > that are not originated from main line distros (th doesn't have > kernel-desktop on ftp, but it provides upgrade for nvidia userspace). > > while accounting for the non-rpm based kernels, %{with dist_kernel} having the > versioned dependency (while it really doesn't matter if it's strict NVR based > one), it doesn't "break" so much, while providing a little consistency that > the poldek --upgrade-dist doesn't leave with kernel/userspace abi mismatch. > > oh and it's so cool that with last poldek --upgrade-dist on th-system, it > broke my networkmanager and x11, i can't use my laptop anymore... and i have > to fight here to get some integrity in package upgrades, when figured out > what broke the system, so cool, so fun!
Not to mention that adding such dep (even if only for dist_kernel builds) prevents people with _custom_ kernels from breaking their machines by upgrading to a distro-shipped nvidia package. -- Patryk Zawadzki _______________________________________________ pld-devel-en mailing list pld-devel-en@lists.pld-linux.org http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en