Bug#692604: firmware-linux-nonfree: please recommend amd64-microcode, intel-microcode

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh

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Nov 7, 2012, 3:00:02 PM11/7/12

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Package: firmware-linux-nonfree
Version: 0.36
Severity: wishlist

Please recommend amd64-microcode | intel-microcode for Wheezy. It would be
best if the majority of our users run with up-to-date microcode...

Unfortunately, since these packages are arch-specific, this recommendation
cannot be met on arches other than i386 and amd64. AFAIK, this shouldn't
cause any operational problems, though.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.33+ (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

firmware-linux-nonfree depends on no packages.

firmware-linux-nonfree recommends no packages.

Versions of packages firmware-linux-nonfree suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.109
ii linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64 [linux-image] 3.2.23-1

-- no debconf information

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Ben Hutchings

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Nov 7, 2012, 7:00:02 PM11/7/12

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On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 05:55:48PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Package: firmware-linux-nonfree

I think the firmware-linux metapackage would be more appropriate.

> Version: 0.36
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Please recommend amd64-microcode | intel-microcode for Wheezy. It would be
> best if the majority of our users run with up-to-date microcode...

And you think that the package manager will somehow pick the right
one just by luck? ;-)

Ben.

> Unfortunately, since these packages are arch-specific, this recommendation
> cannot be met on arches other than i386 and amd64. AFAIK, this shouldn't
> cause any operational problems, though.

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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh

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Nov 7, 2012, 7:50:02 PM11/7/12

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On Wed, 07 Nov 2012, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 05:55:48PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Package: firmware-linux-nonfree
>
> I think the firmware-linux metapackage would be more appropriate.

Sure, that would work as well.

> > Please recommend amd64-microcode | intel-microcode for Wheezy. It would be
> > best if the majority of our users run with up-to-date microcode...
>
> And you think that the package manager will somehow pick the right
> one just by luck? ;-)

Heh, you're right. We can recommend both packages at the same time, then.
They can be co-installed, and will do the right thing.

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