[Bug 262460] Re: Please backport dkms 2.0.20.4

2008-08-31 Thread John Dong
I'll trust superm1's discretion on this. ACK from backporters. ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: Triaged = In Progress -- Please backport dkms 2.0.20.4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262460 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing

[Bug 262460] Re: Please backport dkms 2.0.20.4

2008-08-28 Thread Michael Casadevall
dkms affects the kernel and many kernel modules, making it risky to backport. Unless there is a strong justification for this backport, then I don't believe it is worth backporting due to the high risk involved, and the difficulty of testing the affected kernel modules. Marking WONTFIX. **

[Bug 262460] Re: Please backport dkms 2.0.20.4

2008-08-28 Thread Michael Casadevall
Talked with superm1 on IRC, he clarified the situation. I'm confirming this backport, it builds properly, and installs. The rdepends are kernel source packages, as dkms is used to build it. There is no chance of system breakage by libraries, and the worst it could possibly break is compiling