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Bug#1146782: Ensure split dracut packages are upgraded together

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On Sat, 2026-09-05 at 18:16 +0200, Chris Hofstädtler wrote:
> 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.

Thanks. I'll tighten the dependencies.

dracut already has:

Depends: dracut-core (<< ${binary:Version}+b+~),
         dracut-core (>= ${binary:Version}),

This is needed because we have a mixture of architecture dependent and
architecture independent.

-- 
Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer

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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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