Powerpc-utils and powerpc-ibm-utils is confusing

[Breno Leitão]

On Ubuntu users for the ppc64el architecture, I always see they installing powerpc-utils when they want to install powerpc-ibm-utils.

I want to start a discussion here on how to handle it. I am wondering if it still make sense to have both package..

Other than that, I would like to have the powerpc-ibm-utils tool added in the default installation ISO for ppc64el. How should we proceed with it?

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1523627

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Breno Leitão (breno-leitao)]

hi Adam,

Any feedback about this bug?

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

powerpc-ibm-utils is in the minimal set, which should be installed in most/all cases. I agree that the naming is confusing, and I have a plan for the next Debian release and 16.04, if I have time, to migrate powerpc-utils to pmac-utils and powerpc-ibm-utils to powerpc-utils, so it matches the upstream name.

There will be a transitional package for one LTS->LTS cycle that pulls in both on powerpc/ppc64 (though, not on ppc64el) to make sure upgrades don't break anyone, but then we'll get to a more sane state.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package powerpc-utils - 1.3.1-1

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powerpc-utils (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, update debian/copyright to GPL (LP: #1539542)
  * Rewrite debian/watch file to track upstream's move to github/nfont.
  * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.7 and tidy up our lintian warnings.
  * Utilize dh-autoreconf because upstream no longer ships ./configure.
  * 01_ipmitool_check.patch: Suggest package install in ipmitool check.
  * 02_systool_check.patch: Fix and ipmrove systool test (LP: #1529590)
  * debian/control: Suggest sysfsutils and ipmitool for the above bits.

 -- Adam Conrad <[e-mail]> Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:09:42 -0600