[Debian] Inconsistencies with http://download.openvz.org/debian/?

Mon Oct 6 11:04:09 PDT 2014

Hi Nikolaus and Kir

Nikolaus:
Thanks for your report. I think you have misunderstood the meta
package naming. It is easy to do howerver. For more information about
that, see further down below.

The meta package name you should use is: linux-image-openvz-amd64
(note that there is no 2.6.32 in it)

You can see that with the following command:
guilt:/home/ola# apt-cache show linux-image-openvz-amd64 | grep Version
Version: 042stab093.5

There you can see that the latest stable and recommended kernel is 042stab093.5.

linux-image-2.6.32-openvz-amd64 is actually not a meta package. It
contains the kernel itself. It is a left-over from an earlier
packaging practice done by Kir. It was changed in order to leave old
kernels in case there were an issue with a later one. They were not
removed from the repository though.

You can see that from the following command:
guilt:/home/ola# apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.32-openvz-amd64 | grep Depends
Depends: coreutils (>= 5.96)

The same applies to
linux-headers-openvz-amd64 and linux-source-openvz-amd64.
They are both real packages with actual contents. Not meta packages.

I hope this helps.

Kir:
As you can see above maybe it is confusing to leave the old package name there.
Should I simply remove these packages from wheezy and wheezy-test repositories?
linux-image-2.6.32-openvz-amd64
linux-source-2.6.32-openvz-amd64
linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-amd64
linux-image-2.6.32-openvz-686
linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-686
linux-source-2.6.32-openvz-686

An alternative is that you (or I) upload a transition package
(linux-image-2.6.32-openvz-<arch>) that depends on the
linux-image-openvz-<arch> package.

What do you think?

Regards,

// Ola

On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Nikolaus Hammler <niki at hammler.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> According to http://download.openvz.org/debian:
>
>  - linux-image-openvz-amd64 (amd64)
>    This is a meta package that installs the latest openvz enabled kernel
>    for amd64 architecture.
>
> According to
> http://download.openvz.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/binary-amd64/kernel/?C=M;O=D
> (and common wisdom due to version number), the latest version is
> 042stab090.5.
>
> However, (with apt-get update && upgrade):
> apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.32-openvz-amd64
> [...]
> Version: 042stab085.17
>
> The same goes for the meta packages such as
> linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-amd64 and linux-source-2.6.32-openvz-amd64.
>
> I am not sure if the issue is related to that but maybe: It is not
> possible to install the kernel headers package. I have the latest (?)
> image installed (manually using "apt-get install
> linux-image-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64") and if I want to
> install the appropriate package it fails:
>
> # apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
> Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
> Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
> Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
>   linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> 0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht
> aktualisiert.
> Es müssen noch 0 B von 7152 kB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
> Nach dieser Operation werden 51,9 MB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
> Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket
> linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64 wird gewählt.
> (Lese Datenbank ... 83606 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit
> installiert.)
> Entpacken von linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64 (aus
> .../linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64_1_amd64.deb) ...
> linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64 (1) wird eingerichtet ...
> Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms
> 2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> + inst_kern=2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> ++ uname -s
> + uname_s=Linux
> + case "${uname_s}" in
> + header_pkg=linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> + kernel=Linux
> + '[' -x /usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller ']'
> + exec /usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller start
> 2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> cannot be found.
> Please install the linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64 package,
> or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located
> Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64
> cannot be found.
> Please install the linux-headers-2.6.32-openvz-042stab090.5-amd64 package,
> or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located
>
>
> Regards,
> Niki
>
>
>
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