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macaco

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From: Graz, Austria

Registered: 2009-03-22

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[solved] cdemu requires entire kernel as dependency?

I just tried to install the cdemu-client from [community] and got the following the dependencies:

 resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (6) cdemu-daemon-3.0.3-1  libmirage-3.0.4-1  linux-4.2.5-1
             python2-dbus-1.2.0-5  vhba-module-20140928-19
             cdemu-client-3.0.1-1

Total Download Size:   15,93 MiB
Total Installed Size:  77,00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 

Why does it want to install an entire kernel as dependency? I am currently using the ck-Kernel (from the AUR) and don't see any necessity to change.

uname -a
Linux user-laptop 4.3.0-1-ck #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 15 13:53:06 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Any suggestions?

Last edited by macaco (2015-12-07 21:39:50)

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mpan

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Re: [solved] cdemu requires entire kernel as dependency?

It's vhba-module that requires the kernel, and the dependency seems to be there to prevent mismatch between versions of the kernel and vhba-module.

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ayekat

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Re: [solved] cdemu requires entire kernel as dependency?

vhba-module is a kernel module and thus depends on specific kernel versions (not "an entire kernel"). [EDIT] should learn hitting "preview" more often

In my opinion, the linux-ck package/PKGBUILD should contain a `provides=('linux=4.3.0')` to avoid this kind of conflicts. You can try to recompile and reinstall it that way and see if the issue is resolved (and maybe drop a note to the package maintainer).

Last edited by ayekat (2015-12-07 09:18:04)

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: [solved] cdemu requires entire kernel as dependency?

In my opinion, the linux-ck package/PKGBUILD should contain a `provides=('linux=4.3.0')` to avoid this kind of conflicts. You can try to recompile and reinstall it that
way and see if the issue is resolved (and maybe drop a note to the package maintainer).

I disagree, vhba-module needs to be build against a specific kernel to work with it,similar to nvidia package.

Macaco, try aur vhba-dkms package.

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macaco

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From: Graz, Austria

Registered: 2009-03-22

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Re: [solved] cdemu requires entire kernel as dependency?

Macaco, try aur vhba-dkms packag

Thanks, this did the trick!

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