Dependency on linux-headers-generic-pae
Bug #673349 reported by
Andrey Bondarenko
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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dkms (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: dkms
In Ubuntu 10.10 dkms version 2.1.1.2-3ubuntu1.1 recommends only
following linux headers:
linux-headers-
I'm using linux-image-
and virtualbox-ose package which uses dkms to build vboxdrv.
If I install linux-headers-
package linux-headers-
it is removed because no other packages depend on it. As a result
dkms fails to build vboxdrv module.
I suppose the issue can be avoided by adding linux-headers-
as an alternative to dkms dependency.
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I'm not sure this is really necessary anymore. On 11.04: mlimonciello ~/src/dell/ dkms/dkms $ apt-cache showpkg linux-headers- 2.6.38- 8-generic- pae 2.6.38- 8-generic- pae apt/lists/ us.archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty_ main_binary- i386_Packages) (/var/lib/ dpkg/status)
File: /var/lib/ apt/lists/ us.archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty_ main_binary- i386_Packages
MD5: 64e1add2d1811f3 1661e051de95a63 22
supermario@
Package: linux-headers-
Versions:
2.6.38-8.42 (/var/lib/
Description Language:
Reverse Depends: headers- lbm-2.6. 38-8-generic- pae,linux- headers- 2.6.38- 8-generic- pae headers- generic- pae,linux- headers- 2.6.38- 8-generic- pae 2.6.38- 8 (0 (null)) libc6 (2 2.11)
linux-
linux-
Dependencies:
2.6.38-8.42 - coreutils (16 (null)) fileutils (2 4.0) linux-headers-
Provides:
2.6.38-8.42 - linux-headers-2.6 linux-headers
Reverse Provides:
You can see that the individual headers packages to Provides: linux-headers so they will be satisfied here. We don't want to be in the habit of having to include every variation of linux-headers in dependencies or recommends, which is why the virtual package is there.