linux-image-{generic,386} in -security uninstallable without -updates repository.

[KarlGoetz]

I've chatted with some people on -kernel and -motu about this, but in brief:

The linux-image packages in hardy depend on packages from -updates. I'm told this is a bug - hardy-security only is meant to be a supported use case.

Its definitely the case in hardy, and may be the case in intrepid.

This means its both impossible to build or install the packages from -security without enabling -updates.

Its personally annoying as its causing gNewSense issues (we dont want to do our next release until this is sorted out)

(as per first comment)
I believe this bug is blocked by bug #292381
I think its the actual cause of bug #333766

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

I believe this bug is blocked by #292381
I think its the actual cause of #333766

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

I /think/ I had the package wrong...

[Kees Cook (kees)]

Can you detail the actual error you're seeing? I can install linux-image-generic without problems on a machine with only -security enabled. bug 292381 should be fixed now since the compilers are identical.

[Kees Cook (kees)]

e.g.:

ii linux-image-2.6.24-23-generic 2.6.24-23.48 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.24 on x86
ii linux-image-generic 2.6.24.22.24 Generic Linux kernel image

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:15:24 -0000
Kees Cook <email address hidden> wrote:

> Can you detail the actual error you're seeing? I can install linux-
> image-generic without problems on a machine with only -security
> enabled. bug 292381 should be fixed now since the compilers are
> identical.
>

I'll have to test tomorrow (dont have an Ubuntu box handy).

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-generic and
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-386
shows hardy and hardy-updates have different versions, and in both
cases -updates has a higher version.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta has the .24.24 stuck in
proposed.

Anyhow, I'll try it out soonish and post back.

Thanks,
kk

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

I netinstalled a chroot and the packages installed in it fine. I havent go a host to install a 8.04.{1,0} install on to test if it works from earlyer setups atm.

Don't know if this question is related, but why is linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-23-generic not be in Hardy but it is in Hardy-Updates?

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

This has been fixed in the last week (by copying the linux-image-* packages from -updates to security).
As the updates in the wild, i think fix released is correct? Hope so.