From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Feb 21 11:20:09 2022 Received: (at 54069) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Feb 2022 16:20:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38756 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nMBQ0-0006Cz-K3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:20:09 -0500 Received: from mail-40133.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.133]:10707) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nMBPy-0006CN-55 for 54069@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:20:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:19:55 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1645460399; bh=gYDvSeGDSDr4Whb6R+t/HF8kfjHgJLx/BOuTMRPt9Ik=; h=Date:To:From:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject: Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=ADXLySjjyTufdKUsteMqPZ37WxoAMFHSDwYWFE+LX5P966tado4pPHoUKMcR7JSae eKt2V8Pedh3KvkdHfcDfwwvhx8ADD5Tv4GM/BeKtvmnWlRiHLZuzVOwVYdIYl3Vea/ CKCRjOmwNvWYi+yTZbTkjBYT9wslF9wxm/9yaZRkpdhrd2MP9OLZ7Bsss1n6DSnzop eTEaR4URPYNIjwZLPQs73cXNEtD02TI9zahhv57z3DAdmXggbrk33gpVFhPm6sXyeQ FfjbSme/hhtidk9D/fw/q4xt1MsS4BGH4SLRKUPpxKidtaVEHAnBva42G+lSo3cDts pdrl0D6Cll9fQ== To: "54069@debbugs.gnu.org" <54069@debbugs.gnu.org> From: John Kehayias Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] gnu: pciutils: Unbundle pci.ids and use latest. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE shortcircuit=no autolearn=disabled version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on mailout.protonmail.ch X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 54069 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: John Kehayias Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hi Brendan, > Completely untested but I needed pci.ids for something and discovered pci= utils bundles an old version so I made this patch as something of a suggest= ion. Looks like it would be a core-updates change. Thanks for this possibility, I've actually had to address something similar= in https://issues.guix.gnu.org/53015 where I made a pciutils variant for t= his purpose. The patch is unmerged currently though. I think that would work short term for our packaging needs and, as you say,= make this bigger change for core updates (or wherever it will best fit). I= haven't reviewed this patch, but in this way I think any updates to hwdata= will cause pciutils to rebuild, which has many dependents. I'm not sure wh= at is best, maybe: have pciutils use a frozen version of the hwdata with th= e separate package being a standalone more up to date data? By the way, I do see in pciutils that share/hwdata/pci.ids.gz though admitt= edly I never checked to see if that really is gziped. Packages that want a = plain pci.ids did not like it though (maybe just from file name?). Would be great to have others chime in on what the longer term fix would be= , in the short term a pciutils variant and/or hwdata standalone package wou= ld be helpful. John