This was fixed at Quantal with the following commit:
linux-base (3.5ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low
* Added quilt patch support
* Remove /usr/bin/perf from this package as it conflicts with
the Ubuntu kernel tools package linux-tools-common (which
provides the real /usr/bin/perf). I can think of no reason why
this should cause a problem. /usr/bin/perf is kernel ABI version
specific, therefore it can only be provided by the correct
version of linux-tools-$version-$abi.
debian/patches/0001-remove-bin-perf.patch
-LP: #931353
-- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Wed, 23 May 2012 13:35:38 -0600
This was fixed at Quantal with the following commit:
linux-base (3.5ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low
* Added quilt patch support $version- $abi. patches/ 0001-remove- bin-perf. patch
* Remove /usr/bin/perf from this package as it conflicts with
the Ubuntu kernel tools package linux-tools-common (which
provides the real /usr/bin/perf). I can think of no reason why
this should cause a problem. /usr/bin/perf is kernel ABI version
specific, therefore it can only be provided by the correct
version of linux-tools-
debian/
-LP: #931353
-- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Wed, 23 May 2012 13:35:38 -0600
Guess we'd need a similar one for Precise.