Bug#1146782: Ensure split dracut packages are upgraded together

From	Chris Hofstädtler <zeha@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1146782: Ensure split dracut packages are upgraded together
Date	2026-09-05 18:20 +0200
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Source: dracut
Version: 112-2
Severity: normal

Hi,

I've noticed that the individual dracut binary packages can be 
installed in mixed versions. I assume this is not a particularly 
well-tested situation.

Many other source packages configure their binary packages with a 
strict version dependency.

As an example, dracut-network currently has:

  Depends: dracut-core

This allows a simultaneous installation of dracut-network 112-2 and 
dracut 106-6.

If dracut-network were to switch to

  Depends: dracut-core (= ${binary:Version})

Then apt would install the packages in lockstep, and no probably 
badly-supported situations would arise.

Similar dependencies should probably be set in dracut, dracut-test,
and maybe from dracut-core to dracut-install.

Best,
Chris

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Bug#1146782: Ensure split dracut packages are upgraded together Chris Hofstädtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2026-09-05 18:20 +0200
  Bug#1146782: Ensure split dracut packages are upgraded together Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org> - 2026-09-06 13:40 +0200
  Bug#1146782: marked as done (Ensure split dracut packages are  upgraded together) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2026-09-06 14:30 +0200

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