Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.20
I run AMD64 Edgy on a Core2Duo w/ an Intel g965 motherboard. I use the
Ubuntu kernel from Feisty because it has a couple newer drivers (e.g.
pata-marvell, needed for my IDE dvdrw).
The only problem is that linux-headers-...-generic depends on Feisty's
libc6, and installing it breaks Edgy's gcc. Installing the headers
package with dpkg --force-depends-version (or by hacking the control
file in the package) lets me compile working kernel modules. (Yes, I
know Feisty packages on an Edgy system is unsupported. That's why I'm
just filing a wishlist bug. Although the kernel is kind of special,
since a recent kernel is often needed for new hardware.)
There are some dynamic ELF executables in the package, e.g. genksyms,
so I guess this dependency is warranted. When I started writing this, I
didn't think there were any binaries in the package, so removing the
libc6 dep would have been really easy. I guess that makes this even
more wishlist than it was already, since to be strictly correct, you'd
have split the package or drop the binaries. (They are of questionable
usefulness, IMHO. I'm not a kernel expert, but I think if I was doing
something with those tools I'd probably want a full kernel source tree.
Unless m-a calls those tools when building modules?) Also, the binaries
probably all work fine with libc6 2.4... (I know that doesn't count for
much...) I think I've run out of useful arguments... I'm just saying
that what I do works for me, and would be easier if I didn't have to
hack the binary packages. I know I could just compile my own kernels
from source, but the Ubuntu team does such a nice job of making a nice
up-to-date kernel. I admin enough machines that I don't want to spend
all my time at home being a sysadmin.
I'd mark this as a wishlist bug if the web form let me. If reportbug
did more than just post to a mailing list in Ubuntu, I'd rather use it.
** Affects: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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please consider omitting libc6 dependency in linux-headers...-generic
https://launchpad.net/bugs/94331
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