The current drbd8-utils package has a dependency on the drbd8-source package. While I understand that the source package has been modified to build a DKMS module for the kernel, and the dependency ensures that a current (matching) kernel module is always built for the running kernel, I do not believe that this step is necessary.
Since the drbd.ko module is built and included with the kernel by default, the need to build a matching module is not necessary. When the kernel is upgraded, the new module will automatically be included. I did not dig too far into the packages, but I believe that the existing drbd8-utils package is a binary package that is not rebuilt, so having the source does not ensure the utils are a match to the built kernel module anyway. Therefore, the dependency on drbd8-source should be removed from the drbd8-utils package.
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 08:03:51PM -0000, Mike Shappell wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> The current drbd8-utils package has a dependency on the drbd8-source
> package. While I understand that the source package has been modified
> to build a DKMS module for the kernel, and the dependency ensures that a
> current (matching) kernel module is always built for the running kernel,
> I do not believe that this step is necessary.
>
The plan was to get rid of the drbd.ko module in the kernel package and use
DKMS instead. So the dependency is correct - the kernel package should not ship
the drbd module anymore.
status confirmed
importance medium
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Mathias Gug
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