ec2 kernel has unnecessary dependencies

Bug #434755 reported by Matt Zimmerman
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-ec2 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Tim Gardner
Karmic
Fix Released
Medium
Tim Gardner

Bug Description

root@domU-12-31-39-04-35-05:~# apt-get install linux-image-ec2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  grub-common grub-pc libfreetype6 linux-firmware linux-image-2.6.31-300-ec2 os-prober wireless-crda
Suggested packages:
  multiboot-doc desktop-base genisoimage fdutils linux-ec2-doc-2.6.31 linux-ec2-source-2.6.31
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  grub-common grub-pc libfreetype6 linux-firmware linux-image-2.6.31-300-ec2 linux-image-ec2 os-prober wireless-crda
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 71.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
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The following changes are needed:

- linux-image-ec2 should not depend on linux-firmware (no firmware is required)
- linux-image-2.6.31-300-ec2 should not recommend grub (no bootloader is needed)
- linux-image-2.6.31-300-ec2 should not depend on wireless-crda (no wireless drivers are used)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 22 16:51:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor i915 drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core intel_agp agpgart
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-300-ec2 (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_COLLATE=C
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.31-300.2-ec2
SourcePackage: linux-ec2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-300-ec2 i686

Related branches

Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Andy indicated we should be able to get this into the next kernel upload before beta freeze

Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Matt Zimmerman (mdz)
assignee: Matt Zimmerman (mdz) → Andy Whitcroft (apw)
milestone: none → ubuntu-9.10-beta
Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: Andy Whitcroft (apw) → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-ec2 - 2.6.31-300.3

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linux-ec2 (2.6.31-300.3) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Chuck Short ]

  * SAUCE: ec2: Default domU console to tty.
    - LP: #431103

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Remove dependency on wireless-crda
    - LP: #434755
  * [Config] Drop bootloaders as a recommendation
    - LP: #434755
  * [Config] Drop virtual sub flavours

 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:18:34 -0600

Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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