akmods installs kernel-debug-devel

Sérgio Basto sergio at serjux.com
Fri Oct 17 22:05:25 CEST 2014


On Sex, 2014-10-17 at 10:27 -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote: 
> I think the provides for the kernel-debug-devel package is causing issues when
> installing akmods:
> 
> # repoquery --provides kernel-debug-devel
> kernel-debug-devel = 3.16.6-200.fc20
> kernel-debug-devel(x86-64) = 3.16.6-200.fc20
> kernel-debug-devel-x86_64 = 3.16.6-200.fc20
> kernel-devel = 3.16.6-200.fc20+debug
> kernel-devel-uname-r = 3.16.6-200.fc20.x86_64+debug
> kernel-devel-x86_64 = 3.16.6-200.fc20+debug
> 
> --> Processing Dependency: kernel-devel-uname-r for package:
> akmods-0.5.1-3.fc19.noarch
> ---> Package kernel-debug-devel.x86_64 0:3.16.6-200.fc20 will be installed
> 
> Why does the kernel-debug-devel package have kernel-devel* provides?  Or
> should akmods require something different?
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227533

akmods needs the kernel-devel of running kernel system , but doesn't
know at requires install time , so for me it is a bug , I usually say , 
use yum install akmods-foo and kernel-devel of running kernel 
or like in http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia#Akmods :

yum install akmod-nvidia-96xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)"

if we could fix this, it would be great 

Best regards,


-- 
Sérgio M. B.


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