Drop support for modules-extra
Bug #2042831 reported by
Dimitri John Ledkov
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Thanks to the zst module compression, the total install size of modules+
Continuously all interesting pieces of new support for new hardware and features lands in modules-extra by default, and then we chase those forever to include them in the modules.
Also most install types either install everything; or are minimized and use dpkg filtering (and can exclude large things they don't like).
Thus drop support for split modules/
| tags: | added: kernel-daily-bug |
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1. In linux-unstable:
debian. master/ control. d/flavour- signed- control. stub:11: Suggests: bpftool, linux-perf, SRCPKGNAME-tools, linux-headers- PKGVER- ABINUM- FLAVOUR, linux-modules- extra-PKGVER- ABINUM- FLAVOUR
2. In linux-meta- unstable: control. d/generic: 13:Depends: ${misc:Depends}, linux-image- ${kernel- abi-version} -generic, linux-modules- extra-$ {kernel- abi-version} -generic [amd64 arm64 ppc64el s390x], linux-firmware [amd64 armhf arm64 ppc64el], intel-microcode [amd64], amd64-microcode [amd64] control. d/generic: 22:Depends: ${misc:Depends}, linux-image- uc-${kernel- abi-version} -generic, linux-modules- extra-$ {kernel- abi-version} -generic, linux-firmware, firmware-sof-signed [amd64], wireless-regdb control. d/virtual: 48:Provides: ${test: provides- modules- extra-virtual} rules:96: debian/ control: tp_key= test:provides\ (-full\ |-image\ |-headers\ |-modules- extra\) changelog: 2432: - [Packaging] Remove linux-modules-extra for snapdragon
```
$ grep -nr modules-extra .
./debian/
./debian/
./debian/
./debian/
./debian/
```