linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] builddeb: Update a few outdated and hardcoded strings

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:11:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:   "Timo Sigurdsson" <public_timo.s@...entcreek.de>
To:     riku.voipio@...aro.org
Cc:     mmarek@...e.com, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] builddeb: Update a few outdated and hardcoded strings

Hi,

Riku Voipio schrieb am 13.09.2016 10:22:

> On 5 September 2016 at 02:43, Timo Sigurdsson
> <public_timo.s@...entcreek.de> wrote:
>> The builddeb script has some hardcoded references to linux version 2.6
>> which is ancient. Use a variable instead in order to keep in sync with
>> new releases and avoid the need to manually update this. In addition,
>> change the copyright notice to include the year 2016.
> 
> I think we can just drop all the "Provides" lines, the official debian
> packages don't provide
> anything, and nothing depends on these provided virtual packages either.

As far as Debian is concerned, that's true. However, Ubuntu's linux
packages have these "Provides" lines. But as I haven't used Ubuntu in a
while, I don't know if these are actually required for anything on Ubuntu
systems.

I'd be fine with any decision (keep or drop), I just don't wanna make the
call to drop them as I'm not aware about the implications on other Debian
based distributions.

Regards,

Timo


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