Package: kernel-package
Version: 10.068
Severity: normal
During development, I like to package my kernels so I always have a clear
packaged version of the kernel that I'm running and can always go back to
that version. For this, I like using kernel-package. However, recently,
kernel-package started totally getting into my way by overwriting the
setlocalversion script the kernel has.
The setlocalversion fulfils a purpose here, it allows developers to track
which git version the kernel had when it was compiled. Somebody apparently
thought this was stupid:
# work around idiocy in recent kernel versions
[...]
(echo "#!/bin/sh"; echo ": echo ") > scripts/setlocalversion)
[...]
Unfortunately, doing that defeats the purpose of the setlocalversion script.
Since the setlocalversion script is only run when CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO
is set, there doesn't seem to be a point in overwriting a script, packagers
can simply not set CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO in the kernel configuration and
there is no need to overwrite setlocalversion any more.
I'd like to ask that this hack is removed as it hampers at least my use of
the kernel-package tools. If this is not possible, could it be made optional
by some configuration item that can be turned off?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-rc6-gf4e2dd4a-dirty
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kernel-package depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.25 package maintenance system for Deb
ii dpkg-dev 1.13.25 package building tools for Debian
ii file 4.20-4 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.1.2-1 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.4 [c-compiler] 3.4.6-5 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-3 The GNU C compiler
ii gettext 0.16.1-1 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii make 3.81-3 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii po-debconf 1.0.8 manage translated Debconf template
Versions of packages kernel-package recommends:
ii bzip2 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.5-0exp6 GNU C Library: Development Librari
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