Bug#1084789: debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso has multiple versions of module udebs

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Sun, 15 Dec 2024 04:38:57 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.cd
Organization	Debian
Message-ID	<20241215033857.jlstpdcj2272wnt5__3796.10256511427$1734234156$gmane$org@mraw.org>

Cc += ftp team (for input), kernel team (for information)

Steve McIntyre <[email protected]> (2024-12-15):
> I think there's a problem here in (the archive|the kernel packaging),
> as far as I can see. Look at
> 
>   https://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/linux-signed-amd64
> 
> and you'll see that right now the linux-signed-amd64 (6.12.3+1) source
> package claims to build modules for all of the following kernel
> ABIs.

No, it does not.

> Picking crypto-dm-modules-* as an example:
> 
>  * crypto-modules-6.10.9-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.10.9-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.10.11-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.10.11-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.10.12-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.10.12-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.2-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.2-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.4-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.4-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.5-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.5-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.6-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.6-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.7-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.7-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.9-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.9-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.10-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.11.10-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.12.3-amd64-di
>  * crypto-modules-6.12.3-amd64-di

That's just how packages.d.o represents things; the tracker page is
less misleading.

> debian-cd just pulls in all the modules in a release, expecting that
> to be a sensible set.

Any thoughts about my proposal to lift that expectation?

> WTH is happening here?

A number of source versions are being kept for some reason:

    $ rmadison linux-signed-amd64 -s unstable
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.10.9+1      | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.10.11+1     | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.10.12+1     | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.11.2+1      | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.11.4+1      | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.11.5+1      | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.11.6+1      | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.11.7+1      | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.11.9+1      | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.11.10+1     | unstable   | source
    linux-signed-amd64 | 6.12.3+1      | unstable   | source

Note: this isn't a case of Extra-Source-Only fun.

(Another way to see this is to `apt-cache showsrc linux` in a sid
environment, you'll see the many versions.)

Binaries stay around and nothing seems to show up in the cruft report.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois ([email protected])            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, 833 B)