linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/package/builddeb: upgrade to current practices

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Message-ID: <CAPZXPQc02=6FnTb_RmgfpW+A4=N_huZW1FUYdjJ=Nt0Y3pqZ+A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:46:23 +0300
From:	Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@....fi>
To:	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/package/builddeb: upgrade to current practices

2012/7/17 Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>:
> Hi,
>
> Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@....fi>
>
> Thanks.  This patch does many things at once instead of the usual
> practice of "one patch per logical change", but oh well.
>
> [...]
>> --- a/scripts/package/builddeb
>> +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
>> @@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ fwdir="$objtree/debian/fwtmp"
>>  kernel_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/hdrtmp"
>>  libc_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/headertmp"
>>  packagename=linux-image-$version
>> -fwpackagename=linux-firmware-image
>>  kernel_headers_packagename=linux-headers-$version
>>  libc_headers_packagename=linux-libc-dev
>> +fwpackagename=firmware-linux
>
> Micronit: any reason the lines are reordered here?

Mostly to differenciate between versioned and non-versioned package targets.

>> @@ -188,17 +188,17 @@ This is a packacked upstream version of the Linux kernel.
>>  The sources may be found at most Linux ftp sites, including:
>>  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
>>
>> -Copyright: 1991 - 2009 Linus Torvalds and others.
>> +Copyright: 1991-2012 Linus Torvalds and others.
>>
>> -The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
>> -git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
>> +The GIT repository for mainline kernel development is at:
>> +git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>
> I personally like to spell it as "Git". ;-)

That works for me too. Actually, what's the official spelling for it?

> [...]
>> @@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ if [ -e "$tmpdir/lib/firmware" ]; then
>>
>>  Package: $fwpackagename
>>  Architecture: all
>> +Conflicts: firmware-linux-free, firmware-linux-nonfree
>> +Provides: firmware-linux-free, firmware-linux-nonfree
>> +Replaces: firmware-linux-free, firmware-linux-nonfree
>
> I assume you mean Breaks+Replaces.  Do the files actually overlap,
> or is this change being overly cautious?  I would expect the files
> not to overlap because the package build with deb-pkg puts firmware
> in a versioned subdirectory "/lib/firmware/<version>".

AFAIK they would overlap, hence the Conflicts.

Martin-Éric
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