linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: rpm-pkg: remove kernel-drm PROVIDES

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Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:38:56 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: rpm-pkg: remove kernel-drm PROVIDES

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:35:35PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> This code was added more than 20 years ago. [1]
> 
> I checked the kernel spec files in Fedora and OpenSUSE, but did not
> see 'kernel-drm'. I do not know if there exists a distro that uses it
> in RPM dependency.
> 
> Remove this, and let's see if somebody complains about it.
> 
> [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=6d956df7d6b716b28c910c4f5b360c4d44d96c4d
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>

> ---
> 
>  scripts/package/mkspec | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
> index fc8ad3fbc0a9..8049f0e2c110 100755
> --- a/scripts/package/mkspec
> +++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
> @@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ else
>  	M=DEL
>  fi
>  
> -if grep -q CONFIG_DRM=y include/config/auto.conf; then
> -	PROVIDES=kernel-drm
> -fi
> -
> -PROVIDES="$PROVIDES kernel-$KERNELRELEASE"
>  __KERNELRELEASE=$(echo $KERNELRELEASE | sed -e "s/-/_/g")
>  EXCLUDES="$RCS_TAR_IGNORE --exclude=*vmlinux* --exclude=*.mod \
>  --exclude=*.o --exclude=*.ko --exclude=*.cmd --exclude=Documentation \
> @@ -55,7 +50,7 @@ sed -e '/^DEL/d' -e 's/^\t*//' <<EOF
>  $S	Source0: linux.tar.gz
>  $S	Source1: config
>  $S	Source2: diff.patch
> -	Provides: $PROVIDES
> +	Provides: kernel-$KERNELRELEASE
>  $S	BuildRequires: bc binutils bison dwarves
>  $S	BuildRequires: (elfutils-libelf-devel or libelf-devel) flex
>  $S	BuildRequires: gcc make openssl openssl-devel perl python3 rsync
> -- 
> 2.37.2
>