ACK/Cmnt: [Unstable][PATCH 0/2] UBUNTU: [Packaging] Clean up linux-bpf-dev packaging

[Juerg Haefliger]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:33:55 +0100
Agathe Porte <agathe.porte at canonical.com> wrote:

> 2024-12-05 15:33 CET, Juerg Haefliger:
> > The linux-bpf-dev package provides vmlinux.h which is generated from vmlinux using the
> > in-tree bpftool utility. Currently, we build bpftool after the kernel so need to copy
> > vmlinux around which is ugly. Fix that by building the tool before the kernel.
> > 
> > Note that the whole concept of the linux-bpf-dev package still remains broken as outlined
> > in the commit message of patch 2.
> > 
> > Juerg Haefliger (2):
> >   UBUNTU: [Packaging] linux-bpf-dev: Restructure packaging
> >   UBUNTU: [Packaging] linux-bpf-dev: Skip packaging for additional
> >     kernel flavors
> > 
> >  debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
> >  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)  
> 
> Acked-by: Agathe Porte <agathe.porte at canonical.com>
> 
> Maybe I am missing some context, but what prevents us to make
> linux-bpf-dev a flavored package?

Apparently this is how Debian is doing it and it's being used already.
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/oracular/commit/?id=aefbe1e1a9a1d3ed84bceac7e9739a92e1345f58
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