595768 – sys-kernel/linux-firmware - Accidentally removed from tree

Bug 595768 - sys-kernel/linux-firmware - Accidentally removed from tree

Summary: sys-kernel/linux-firmware - Accidentally removed from tree

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Pacho Ramos

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Reported:	2016-10-01 10:27 UTC by Daniel Pielmeier
Modified:	2016-10-01 13:31 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Description Daniel Pielmeier gentoo-dev

2016-10-01 10:27:34 UTC

I guess this commit[1] was an accident. Probably due to the corresponding last rite [2] which included a few other firmware packages. linux-firmware was listed as a possible replacement for them.

[1] https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/sys-kernel?id=755e2e74b59343ea17fa6b7582ced53cd83dfd0f

[2] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/2b5de5bb254b10c39c4e02fd8e2b252a

Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-10-01 11:25:01 UTC

commit 1843c06324022c4f1b97b9f131085badf5413733
Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 1 13:24:25 2016

    sys-kernel/linux-firmware: Re-added linux-firmware package (bug #595768).

    Was mistakenly removed.

    Package-Manager: portage-2.3.1
    RepoMan-Options: --force
    Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>

Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2016-10-01 13:31:10 UTC

Yeah, bad copy/paste as I was ensuring the firmware file was indeed provided by linux-firmware :S