XPost: linux.debian.kernel

On Sun, 2025-05-04 at 08:28 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
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Judging from the code, you are aware that presence of linux-base is not
a given during postrm. In the absence of linux-base, hook execution is skipped with a message rather than having things fail. Arguably, uninstalling linux-base is an unusual thing to do.

Yes, linux-base should be installed on any system that needs an official
kernel package (i.e. it's not a container and doesn't use a custom
kernel) and then should never be removed.

Can you give some
argument why that skipping of postrm hooks (that didn't happen earlier)
is a good compromise?

I was working on the basis that a postrm script really must not fail as
this will leave the package in a weird state. But then skipping those
hooks means that, for example, the initramfs image won't be deleted, and
GRUB won't remove the kernel's menu entry. I don't know what's worse,
or how much it matters given the unlikeliness of removing linux-base.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.

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