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Bug#1148823: linux-binary-7.2.6+deb14-amd64: The vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64 file is not owned by any package

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HI Thomas,

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 08:10:36AM +0200, Thomas wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 7.2.6-1
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> User: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: amd64
> 
> 
> Hi !
> 
> For (tenth of) years, I had the habit of cleaning up my older kernels
> after a few days of use with the new one every time a new kernel
> package appear in testing. In order to ensure removing the right
> package I check which package installed the current kernel to avoid
> removing it.
> 
> Something along the line of :
> 
>         dpkg -S /boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r)
> 
> I worked perfectly until today. I still have the previous kernel
> installed so :
> 
> ```bash
> $ cd /boot
> $ ls -1 vm*
> vmlinuz-7.1.13+deb14-amd64
> vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64
> $ dpkg -S vmlinuz-7.1.13+deb14-amd64
> linux-binary-7.1.13+deb14-amd64: /boot/vmlinuz-7.1.13+deb14-amd64
> ```
> 
> As you can see, `dpkg -S` gives the package name for the kernel.
> However :
> 
> ```
> $ dpkg -S vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64
> dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64*
> $ uname -r
> 7.2.6+deb14-amd64
> $ dpkg -S vmlinuz-$(uname -r)
> dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64*
> ```
> 
> Is there a packaging problem ?

This is in fact was an intentional made change as per
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1892
and
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux-base/-/merge_requests/21
(together with some more additional followup fixes, e.g. to correctly
copy as well the config to /boot).

Regards,
Salvatore

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Bug#1148823: linux-binary-7.2.6+deb14-amd64: The vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64 file is not owned by any package Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2026-09-24 10:40 +0200
  Bug#1148823: linux-binary-7.2.6+deb14-amd64: The vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64 file is not owned by any package Thomas Nemeth <tnemeth@free.fr> - 2026-09-24 10:50 +0200
    Bug#1148823: linux-binary-7.2.6+deb14-amd64: The vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64 file is not owned by any package Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2026-09-24 11:50 +0200
      Bug#1148823: linux-binary-7.2.6+deb14-amd64: The vmlinuz-7.2.6+deb14-amd64 file is not owned by any package Thomas Nemeth <tnemeth@free.fr> - 2026-09-24 12:10 +0200

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