no pve-headers virtual package

[anthonysomerset]

i run r1soft/idera on my proxmox boxes to backup the settings of the HV and openvz vm's where and if i run them (KVM vm's are excluded from HV backup and done within the vm itself)

now on initial setup i have to install the pve-headers package that matches the version of the running kernel for r1soft to be able to build the kernel module to install.

now this is fine for a first install for example i can just do:

apt-get install pve-headers-2.6.32-19-pve

however if there is a kernel update i have to remember to manually install the next version of the headers package before i rebuild/update the r1soft kernel module.

please can you make a virtual package for pve-headers that always tracks the latest version of the headers package, like pve-kernel does already so that they will upgrade/install the latest version of headers when the kernel is updated as well.

 

[anthonysomerset]

is there any update to this thread - this creates a lot of frustrations every time you update the kernel and we forget to manually find and update the headers package

 

[dietmar]

this creates a lot of frustrations every time you update the kernel and we forget to manually find and update the headers package

We will not create such package.

 

[anthonysomerset]

We will not create such package.

can i ask why not? i'm pretty certain a virtual package is what only a few lines in the repo packages list?

it appears that you have it for the kernel itself or at least it updates safely with apt-get dist-upgrade or apt-get upgrade

the pve-headers packages do not update in the same way and surely it makes more sense to have the headers package update/install the new version when you update your kernel as it makes zero sense to attempt to build any kernel modules against the old kernel headers.

if you wont create a virtual package for pve-headers can you at least fix the upgrade process to automatically update the headers package whenever the kernel gets updated?

 

[dietmar]

the pve-headers packages do not update in the same way and surely it makes more sense to have the headers package update/install the new version when you update your kernel

I am not sure about that. Debian itself also does not have such virtual packages.