[PATCH 3/4 F][SRU][L-R-M] UBUNTU: [packaging] expose dependency on nvidia-kernel-common on meta packages

[Seth Forshee]

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 04:34:33PM +0200, Alberto Milone wrote:
> Expose the dependency data on nvidia-kernel-common on the meta-packages.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881137
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alberto Milone <alberto.milone at canonical.com>

Can you explain why we want this change?

This will make it so that the Provides: are indicating a version that
may or may not be the exact version we used when building l-r-m. Why is
that desirable?

Thanks,
Seth

> ---
>  debian/control.d/meta-nvidia | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/debian/control.d/meta-nvidia b/debian/control.d/meta-nvidia
> index 253ef9c..7a6ddd5 100644
> --- a/debian/control.d/meta-nvidia
> +++ b/debian/control.d/meta-nvidia
> @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-390-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-390- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-390- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-390}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-390 for generic${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-390 modules compatible with
>   generic${variant:suffix}
> @@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-435-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-435- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-435- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-435}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-435 for generic${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-435 modules compatible with
>   generic${variant:suffix}
> @@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-440-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-440- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-440- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-440}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-440 for generic${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-440 modules compatible with
>   generic${variant:suffix}
> @@ -41,7 +44,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-418-server-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-418-server- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-418-server- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-418-server}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-418-server for generic${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-418-server modules compatible with
>   generic${variant:suffix}
> @@ -53,7 +57,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-440-server-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-440-server- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-440-server- at ABI@-generic (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-440-server}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-440-server for generic${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-440-server modules compatible with
>   generic${variant:suffix}
> @@ -65,7 +70,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-390-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-390- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-390- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-390}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-390 for lowlatency${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-390 modules compatible with
>   lowlatency${variant:suffix}
> @@ -77,7 +83,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-435-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-435- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-435- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-435}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-435 for lowlatency${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-435 modules compatible with
>   lowlatency${variant:suffix}
> @@ -89,7 +96,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-440-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-440- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-440- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-440}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-440 for lowlatency${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-440 modules compatible with
>   lowlatency${variant:suffix}
> @@ -101,7 +109,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-418-server-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-418-server- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-418-server- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-418-server}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-418-server for lowlatency${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-418-server modules compatible with
>   lowlatency${variant:suffix}
> @@ -113,7 +122,8 @@ Section: kernel
>  Provides: ${dkms:nvidia-440-server-modules}
>  Depends:
>   ${misc:Depends},
> - linux-modules-nvidia-440-server- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version})
> + linux-modules-nvidia-440-server- at ABI@-lowlatency (= ${binary:Version}),
> + ${nvk:nvidia-440-server}
>  Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-440-server for lowlatency${variant:suffix}
>   Install extra signed nvidia-440-server modules compatible with
>   lowlatency${variant:suffix}
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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