Bug 9733

Summary:	kernel-firmware-nonfree is marked as orphaned on Mageia 3 LiveCD
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Malo Deniélou <pmdenielou>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	tmb
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	lspcidrake output

Description Malo Deniélou 2013-04-14 20:33:00 CEST

Description of problem:

After installing packages on the LiveCD KDE4 pre-RC Mageia 3, rpmdrake tells me that kernel-firmware-extra is orphaned and proposes me to remove it. It is the only orphaned package by default.
The risk is that some users will follow the suggestion and uninstall kernel-firmware-extra (which might fail on a CD), but might succeed on a usb key, resulting in a non-working system.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 3 pre RC Live CD KDE4.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Put the LiveCD on a usb key
2. Boot on it.
3. Run rpmdrake and install the package of your choice, or use the software update.
4. See that kernel-firmware-extra is orphaned and proposed to be removed.


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2013-04-14 21:20:30 CEST

I assume you mean kernel-frimware-nonfree

Do you have any hw that actually needs the firmware in that rpm ?

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 2 Malo Deniélou 2013-04-14 21:37:05 CEST

Yes, kernel-firmware-nonfree, I changed the summary.
I have no idea if I am currently using it, but it's on a live usb so, potentially, I will need it when I plug it on the next machine.

Summary: kernel-firmware-extra is marked as orphaned on Mageia 3 LiveCD => kernel-firmware-nonfree is marked as orphaned on Mageia 3 LiveCD

Comment 3 Thomas Backlund 2013-04-14 21:42:55 CEST

ok, can you attach output of lspcidrake -v

and the "removing" is only done for the system on you install on, it wont be removed from the usb stick as the install image is mounted readonly, any Changes you do only happends on the rw stacked overlayfs sitting on top of the frozen image

Comment 4 Malo Deniélou 2013-04-14 23:26:30 CEST

Created attachment 3742 [details]
lspcidrake output

Comment 5 Thomas Backlund 2013-04-14 23:37:02 CEST

OK, so kernel-firmware-nonfree is not needed on your system.

The one that uses firmware is:
iwlwifi         : Intel Corporation|Centrino Advanced-N 6200 [NETWORK_OTHER] (rev: 35)

but that is provided in separate iwlwifi-agn-ucode

so no bug here.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID

Comment 6 Malo Deniélou 2013-04-15 18:02:13 CEST

Ok. Great. Thanks Thomas and sorry for the noise :-).