Bug#661998: version requirement too specific

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Package: linux-tools-3.2
Version: 3.2.1-2
Severity: important

Hi,

running perf gives:

mrvn@frosties:~% perf
/usr/bin/perf: line 24: exec: perf_3.1: not found
E: linux-tools-3.1 is not installed.

But the linux-tools-3.1 package does no exist. There is only a
linux-tools-3.2 package. On the other hand calling perf_3.2 directly
seems to work just fine despite running a 3.1 kernel.

So why is there such a close version requirement between perf and
linux-tools-x.y? Why isn't there a perf_3 binary or just an
alternative that works with 3.x kernels in general

If there actualy is a good reason for the strict version requirement
then please do make sure that linux-tools-x.y packages stick around
longer.

MfG
	Goswin

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages linux-tools-3.2 depends on:
ii  libc6         2.13-21    
ii  libdw1        0.153-1    
ii  libelf1       0.152-1+b1 
ii  libnewt0.52   0.52.11-2.1
ii  libperl5.14   5.14.2-7   
ii  libpython2.7  2.7.2-7    
ii  libslang2     2.2.4-3    
ii  perl          5.14.2-7   
ii  python        2.7.2-9    

Versions of packages linux-tools-3.2 recommends:
ii  linux-base  3.4

Versions of packages linux-tools-3.2 suggests:
pn  linux-doc-3.2  <none>

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