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Bug#994492: sg3-utils-udev should not require initramfs-tools[-core]

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Hello Michael,

This change was proposed by the Dracut maintainers.
https://salsa.debian.org/linux-blocks-team/sg3-utils/-/merge_requests/1

While I don't use/test Dracut, I've always wanted to be willing to
accommodate more choice.

But now this is a challenge when integrating changes, where one doesn't
directly have an insight to all possible use cases/complications.

Michael: What do you propose a change for this ? I don't have any
preference here.


Thanks,
Ritesh

On Thu, 2021-09-16 at 20:13 +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Package: sg3-utils-udev
> Version: 1.45-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Starting bullseye, sg3-utils-udev requires (depends) on initramfs-
> tools[-core].
> But it does not *use* any of the functionality of this package, except
> of
> _extending_ initramfs-tools.
> 
> This dependency forces us to invent more and more dummy versions of
> initramfs packages in order just to use core system functionality
> (eg multipath-tools now depends on sg3-utils-udev which can not be
> installed without initramfs-tools which breaks (replaces) our boot
> infrastructure).
> 
> For now we installed an empty initramfs-tools-core-dummy package just
> to be able to use multipath-tools and not break our systems.
> 
> Please note there's no mention of this new dependency in the changelog,
> but it makes major issue for ones who does not use initramfs-tools.
> 
> Thank you!

-- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs
Debian - The Universal Operating System

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Bug#994492: sg3-utils-udev should not require initramfs-tools[-core] Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> - 2021-09-16 19:20 +0200
  Bug#994492: sg3-utils-udev should not require initramfs-tools[-core] Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org> - 2021-10-25 17:10 +0200
    Bug#994492: sg3-utils-udev should not require initramfs-tools[-core] Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> - 2021-11-02 08:10 +0100

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