Hi!
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:12:18 +0100 intrigeri <intrigeri@???>
wrote:
> Alan wrote (21 Nov 2013 09:18:07 GMT) :
> > Works for me.
>
> Good.
>
> > Why is the branch called feature/linux-3.11-*2* while it actually
> > install 3.11-*1*?
>
> What makes you think so? Here's what I see in the last Jenkins build
> of experimental:
>
> linux-image-3.11-2-486 3.11.8-1
> linux-image-3.11-2-686-pae 3.11.8-1
>
You're right. I got confused between package names (3.11-*2*) and
version numbers (3.11.8-*1*). I still need to read a good article on
linux and debian kernel version numbers!
> >> There's a merge to do at the APT level too.
> >>
> > What is this (custom?) gcc-4.8 package and why is it needed?
>
> The new version of linux-headers-* depends on gcc-4.8, because sid's
> kernel is now built with that version IIRC, but in practice stuff we
> care about compiles just well with the Squeeze version of GCC.
> Official backports downgrade this dependency, IIRC. We've been doing
> the same trick basically forever, see: we have gcc-4.{6,7} for the
> same reasons already.
>
OK.
> > Once I understand why there is this package, I'm fine to merge it.
>
> Please go ahead :)
>
Done.
