Ubuntu
laptop-detect package

Dependency on dmidecode needs to be tightened

Bug #91447 reported by Jan Van Buggenhout
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laptop-detect (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: laptop-detect

When upgrading laptop-detect from dapper to feisty, I get the following:

root@Vertex:~# laptop-detect
Invalid string keyword: chassis-type
Valid string keywords are:
  bios-vendor
  bios-version
  bios-release-date
  system-manufacturer
  system-product-name
  system-version
  system-serial-number
  baseboard-manufacturer
  baseboard-product-name
  baseboard-version
  baseboard-serial-number
  baseboard-asset-tag
  chassis-manufacturer
  chassis-version
  chassis-serial-number
  chassis-asset-tag
  processor-manufacturer
  processor-version

root@Vertex:~# apt-cache policy laptop-detect dmidecode
laptop-detect:
  Installed: 0.12.1-ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.12.1-ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.12.1-ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dmidecode:
  Installed: 2.7-3
  Candidate: 2.8-2
  Version table:
     2.8-2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages
 *** 2.7-3 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

This goes away after upgrading dmidecode to the feisty version

Revision history for this message
Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Why would you like to upgrade laptop-detect to Feisty, but not dmidecode?

Changed in laptop-detect:
assignee: nobody → tormodvolden
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Jan Van Buggenhout (chipzz) wrote :

I don't; that's what this bug is about, upgrading laptop-detect should pull in the correct version of dmidecode.

But if you're asking why I would issue a command like 'apt-get install laptop-detect', there are a couple of possible reasons:
1) In this particular case, IIRC, I wanted to keep the mythtv version of dapper (performance issues on that hardware with the latest version of mythtv), but upgrade the rest of my system. So I did a piece-wise upgrade (and laptop-detect was among a bunch of packages after 'apt-get install').
2) Free disk space constraints. Sometimes you do not have enough disk space to do an apt-get (dist-)upgrade, and have to do it in pieces (running apt-get clean in between).

Revision history for this message
Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Makes sense. I added a versioned dependency to the patch in bug #40503.

Changed in laptop-detect:
assignee: tormodvolden → nobody
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

 laptop-detect (0.13.2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Otavio Salvador ]
   * Drop the hack used during the package building and use dependencies
     architeture specific handling for it.
   * Add versioned dependency to dmidecode 2.8-2 since we use chassis-type.
   * Add XS-VCS-{Git,Browser} fields.
 .
   [ Tormod Volden ]
   * laptop-detect.in: Load battery module before probing for acpi
     batteries. Closes: #432407

Changed in laptop-detect:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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