Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Please could you add some check in debian/rules to prevent non-free firmware from inadvertingly entering the linux-2.6 package, as described in the mail quoted below?
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 03:29:29AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Wednesday 12 September 2007 15:37, Robert Millan wrote: > > > There isn't any patch that should be required here. There is already a > > > script in the kernel team repo to be used for pruning non-free firmware > > > from the tarball, and it appears that whoever produced the initial > > > uploads of 2.6.21 and 2.6.22 for Debian omitted this step. > > Why not running this script in debian/rules, causing builds to abort when > > the non-free files are still present? > > Seems like a good idea, except that the script will also fail if upstream > removes something - I don't know how often this happens though. > > I guess this info should be added to some bug, so it does eventually > happen ;-) Done. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
