Re: Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-11-02 Thread Filipus Klutiero
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 07:29:16PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: >> | Package: test >> | Depends: test-modules | test-source >> | >> | Package: test-modules >> | Depends: linux-image-2.6.26-1-powerpc | linux-image-2.6.26-1-powerpc64 >> | >> | Package: test-source >> >> Both apt and aptitude woul

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-11-02 Thread Michael Meskes
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:37:50PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > For a really neat and complete solution you'd IMO still need something > like I proposed though to make the vbox ABI visible in package names, but > that can probably be postponed until after Lenny. Well it is, namely the upstream vers

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-11-02 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 07:29:16PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: >> | Package: test >> | Depends: test-modules | test-source >> | >> | Package: test-modules >> | Depends: linux-image-2.6.26-1-powerpc | linux-image-2.6.26-1-powerpc64 >> | >> | Package: test-source >> >> Both apt and aptitude would

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-11-01 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Hi folks Because of some recent events, I thought about the possibility for packages to depend against kernel module packages. As we don't want to dictate the usage of Debian provided kernels, we need a last resort fallback to the modules source. My first solution was something like the followi

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-11-01 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 08:41:46PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 07:48:41PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > I guess one solution could be to have virtualbox-ose not depend on > > virtualbox-modules, but on virtualbox-ose-modules-$ABI. > Building vbox modules from lme makes no

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-11-01 Thread Frans Pop
Michael Meskes wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 07:48:41PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >> I guess one solution could be to have virtualbox-ose not depend on >> virtualbox-modules, but on virtualbox-ose-modules-$ABI. > > Building vbox modules from lme makes no real sense to me because lme is > not supp

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-11-01 Thread Michael Meskes
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 07:48:41PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > I guess one solution could be to have virtualbox-ose not depend on > virtualbox-modules, but on virtualbox-ose-modules-$ABI. Building vbox modules from lme makes no real sense to me because lme is not supposed to be reupped for each new

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-10-31 Thread Frans Pop
Bastian Blank wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 05:07:44PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >> Exactly because of the option of using custom built kernels, virtualbox >> does not depend on the Debian modules packages, but only recommends >> them (which IMO is correct: the Debian module package will be instal

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-10-31 Thread Bastian Blank
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 05:07:44PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > Bastian Blank wrote: > > Because of some recent events, I thought about the possibility for > > packages to depend against kernel module packages. As we don't want to > > dictate the usage of Debian provided kernels, we need a last resort

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-10-31 Thread Frans Pop
Bastian Blank wrote: > Because of some recent events, I thought about the possibility for > packages to depend against kernel module packages. As we don't want to > dictate the usage of Debian provided kernels, we need a last resort > fallback to the modules source. Exactly because of the option o

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-10-31 Thread Kel Modderman
On Friday 31 October 2008 22:20:26 Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le vendredi 31 octobre 2008 à 12:44 +0100, Bastian Blank a écrit : > > Because of some recent events, I thought about the possibility for > > packages to depend against kernel module packages. As we don't want to > > dictate the usage of

Re: Possibility for dependencies against specific kernel modules

2008-10-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 31 octobre 2008 à 12:44 +0100, Bastian Blank a écrit : > Because of some recent events, I thought about the possibility for > packages to depend against kernel module packages. As we don't want to > dictate the usage of Debian provided kernels, we need a last resort > fallback to the mo