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Re: Meta packages for modules

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On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 08:01:35PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > Users can select which modules package they want: the default one or the cloud one, just by installing the corresponding meta package.
> But modules are duplicated between those, right?

For now they will be duplicated.  We can change that later.

> > They can also opt-in into the extra modules by installing this separate meta package.
> Do you plan to extend kernel-wedge to do that, or are you thinking of
> something a bit simpler?

I have an alternative implementation that fits better in the existing
stuff.  I intend to also use that for udebs later, but need to figure
out the caveats first.

The current unfinished state can be found here:

https://salsa.debian.org/waldi/linux/-/commits/modules-split?ref_type=heads

> I think the virtual packages make this unnecessarily confusing.  To me,
> linux-modules-7.2-amd64, as the default modules package for 7.2-amd64,
> would also be seen as the "main" modules package.  Why not use only the
> real package names?

Yes, that would work as well.

Bastian

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Meta packages for modules Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2026-08-10 10:40 +0200
  Re: Meta packages for modules Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-09-23 20:10 +0200
    Re: Meta packages for modules Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2026-09-23 20:50 +0200

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