[opensuse-kernel] kernel-syms recommend instead of require kernel-*-devel?
Hi, while upgrading my kernel to 2.6.39-rc6 (thanks, that will hopefully fix bnc#687998 for me), I found that zypper did not want to update kernel-syms et al due to missing kernel-xen-devel. I then selected "break kernel-syms by ignoring some deps" and "remove kernel-xen-devel". I know that I'll probably never need kernel-xen-devel (because I have perfectly fine Hardware, capable of KVM, there is no need to have a XEN kernel running on it), so it would be nice to save the download bandwidth and disk space of all those unnecessary kernel-*-devel by making them "recommended" instead of "required" IMHO. Opinions? -- Stefan Seyfried "Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org
Dne 8.5.2011 13:47, Stefan Seyfried napsal(a):
Hi,
while upgrading my kernel to 2.6.39-rc6 (thanks, that will hopefully fix bnc#687998 for me), I found that zypper did not want to update kernel-syms et al due to missing kernel-xen-devel.
I then selected "break kernel-syms by ignoring some deps" and "remove kernel-xen-devel".
I know that I'll probably never need kernel-xen-devel (because I have perfectly fine Hardware, capable of KVM, there is no need to have a XEN kernel running on it), so it would be nice to save the download bandwidth and disk space of all those unnecessary kernel-*-devel by making them "recommended" instead of "required" IMHO.
kernel-syms is a metapackage that requires the default set of kernel-$flavor-devel packages. If you only want a subset, do not install kernel-syms :). Michal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 09 May 2011 21:56:08 +0200
Michal Marek
kernel-syms is a metapackage that requires the default set of kernel-$flavor-devel packages. If you only want a subset, do not install kernel-syms :).
Ah, ok. I had just skimmed over /usr/share/doc/packages/kernel-source/README.SUSE and thought that I'd need kernel-syms, when verbose reading of that README shows, that this is not true. Thanks for the info, kernel-syms are now gone from my system :-) -- Stefan Seyfried "Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org
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