Package: debian-installer Version: 20151024 pkg-lists/netboot/armel.cfg contains: usb-serial-modules-${kernel:Version} ? so usb-serial-modules is included when available.
Now put the following line in pkg-lists/netboot/network-console/armel/orion5x.cfg usb-serial-modules-${kernel:Version} - to exclude the usb-serial-modules udeb. util/pkg-list correctly does NOT list usb-serial-modules for the network-console orion5x type. However, it incorrectly adds usb-modules, a dependency of usb-serial-modules which is to be excluded. Only usb-serial-modules pulled in usb-modules, no other udeb, so it doesn't make sense to include usb-modules when usb-serial-modules is excluded. The log shows this: pkg-lists: excluding usb-serial-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x-di .... pkg-lists: adding usb-serial-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x- pkg-lists: collecting dependencies for usb-serial-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x- pkg-lists: added kernel-image-4.3.0-1-orion5x-di for usb-serial-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x- pkg-lists: added usb-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x-di for usb-serial-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x- pkg-lists: collecting dependencies for usb-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x-di pkg-lists: added kernel-image-4.3.0-1-orion5x-di for usb-modules-4.3.0-1-orion5x-di In the end, usb-serial-modules is not listed since it's excluded, but the dependency (usb-modules) was added and will be listed. The following workaround works for me but I'm not sure if it's the right approach. diff --git a/build/util/pkg-list b/build/util/pkg-list index 29c56c9..6ef74b8 100755 --- a/build/util/pkg-list +++ b/build/util/pkg-list @@ -101,9 +101,13 @@ sub collectpackage { } else { my $package=$line; + if (exists $exclude->{$package}) { + debug 0, "ignored skipped $package"; + } else { $collect->{$package}=1; debug 0, "adding $package"; collectdeps($package, $collect, $postponed); + } } } -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/