tags 711108 + patch
thanks
Untested patch attached.
It may also be interesting to notice that apt already attempts to
prevent automatic removal of linux-tools matching an installed kernel,
but fails, since it assumes a version format which is no longer in use:
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
On 4 June 2013 at 21:03, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 08:46:50PM +0200, Piotr Engelking wrote:
>> Source: linux
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Please consider having the linux-image-${version}-* packages suggesting
>> the matching linux-tools-${version} package. This would help users to keep
>> them in sync.
>
> It might be a useful hint. However the linux-tools meta-package is
> a more effective way to keep linux-tools-* up to date (unless you
> install the kernel from experimental).
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
> - Albert Camus
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in b/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
index 29306e3..0c29b32 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Provides: linux-modules-@abiname@@localversion@
Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Depends: kmod | module-init-tools, linux-base (>= 3~), ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: firmware-linux-free (>= 3~), ${kernel:Recommends}
-Suggests: linux-doc-@version@, debian-kernel-handbook
+Suggests: linux-tools-@version@, linux-doc-@version@, debian-kernel-handbook
Breaks: at (<< 3.1.12-1+squeeze1)
Description: Linux @upstreamversion@ for @class@
The Linux kernel @upstreamversion@ and modules for use on @longclass@.
