Re: [PATCH 2/2] u-boot-script: Split packages by kernel

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 12.01.22 14:34, Anton Mikanovich wrote:
> 11.01.2022 18:56, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 11.01.22 16:05, Anton Mikanovich wrote:
>>> 11.01.2022 15:03, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>> It makes no sense to build the same package with the same content 
>>>> multiple times. We likely rather need to make it depend on a generic 
>>>> kernel package / create a generic kernel package name.
>>>>
>>>> Jan
>>>
>>> I'm afraid it will not help - moving this dependency into another 
>>> package will also move the issue into this new package.
>>>
>>
>> It will. We just have to make u-boot-script depend on a generic kernel 
>> so that this package is only installed after some kernel - no matter 
>> which one - is already installed on the target image. There is NO 
>> dependency on the concrete kernel in this packages, just study it.
>>
>> Jan
> 
> Can you please provide any details about how it can be implemented?
> We have linux-image-generic package in Ubuntu, but not in Debian. And we 
> can't just create it, because of the same deps conflict issue in Isar.
> I understood u-boot-script depends on any kernel, but we need to declare 
> this 'any' somehow.
> 

Two directions to resolve that:

1. make it depend on some linux-image-custom (to-be-added "Provides:" of
    our kernels) | linux-image-<list of distro kernels>

2. clarify if a kernel actually has to be installed prior to
    u-boot-script or if the kernel script hook isn't enough (or can be
    made enough)

Jan

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