Bug#643612: marked as done (linux-base: Please add linux-tools to Depends)

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Package: linux-base
Version: 3.3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

/usr/bin/perf is provided in linux-base.
However, since linux-tools is not specified by a dependency, it does not work.

-----
$ perf
/usr/bin/perf: line 7: exec: perf_3.1.0: not found
E: linux-tools-3.1.0 is not installed.
-----

Since linux-tools is not installed by this error message, it turns out
that it does not work.
Would you put linux-tools into Depends?

Best regards,
 Nobuhiro

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diff -Nru linux-base-3.3/debian/control linux-base-3.3+nmu1/debian/control
--- linux-base-3.3/debian/control	2011-07-04 13:10:30.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-base-3.3+nmu1/debian/control	2011-09-28 12:49:45.000000000 +0900
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 Package: linux-base
 Architecture: all
-Depends: libuuid-perl, ${misc:Depends}, util-linux (>= 2.16-1) | udev (<< 146-1)
+Depends: libuuid-perl, ${misc:Depends}, util-linux (>= 2.16-1) | udev (<< 146-1), linux-tools
 Description: Linux image base package
  This package contains files and support scripts for all Linux
  images.

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On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 12:59 +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> Package: linux-base
> Version: 3.3
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hi,
> 
> /usr/bin/perf is provided in linux-base.
> However, since linux-tools is not specified by a dependency, it does not work.
> 
> -----
> $ perf
> /usr/bin/perf: line 7: exec: perf_3.1.0: not found
> E: linux-tools-3.1.0 is not installed.
> -----
> 
> Since linux-tools is not installed by this error message, it turns out
> that it does not work.
> Would you put linux-tools into Depends?

The required package depends on the running kernel.  There is no way to
write this as a dependency.

Further, linux-base is used by all linux-image packages.  They should
not depend on linux-tools packages.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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                                                           - Albert Einstein

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