Package: kernel-package
Version: 11.0011
Severity: normal

I'm unable to follow the USER INSTRUCTIONS in README.modules. For several 
modules, step 6 fails with a permission problem:

$ LANG=C make-kpkg modules_image
exec debian/rules  DEBIAN_REVISION=2.6.26-10.00.Custom  modules_image
for module in /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel ; do                       \
          if test -d  $module; then                                \
            (cd $module;                                          \
              if ./debian/rules KVERS="2.6.26" 
KSRC="/home/chealer/sources/linux-source-2.6.26" \
                             KMAINT="Unknown Kernel Package Maintainer" 
KEMAIL="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"      \
                             
KPKG_DEST_DIR="/home/chealer/sources/linux-source-2.6.26/.."       \
                             KPKG_MAINTAINER="Unknown Kernel Package 
Maintainer"        \
                             KPKG_EXTRAV_ARG=""        \
                             ARCH="i386"         \
                             KDREV="2.6.26-10.00.Custom" kdist_image; then    
\
                  echo "Module $module processed fine";            \
              else                                                  \
                   echo "Module $module failed.";                  \
                   if [ "X" != "X" ]; then      \
                      echo "Perhaps $module does not understand --rootcmd?";  
\
                      echo "If you see messages that indicate that it is not"; 
\
                      echo "in fact being built as root, please file a bug ";  
\
                      echo "against $module.";                     \
                   fi;                                              \
                   echo "Hit return to Continue";                   \
                 read ans;                                        \
              fi;                                                   \
             );                                                    \
          else                                                      \
               echo "Module $module does not exist";               \
               echo "Hit return to Continue?";                      \
          fi;                                                       \
        done
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
echo "ROOT_CMD = "
ROOT_CMD =
/usr/bin/make -w -f debian/rules binary_modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
# select which makefile to use.
rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/Makefile || true
rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/Makefile': Permission denied
if [ 6 = 6  ]; then \
             ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \
        fi
ln: creating symbolic link `Makefile': File exists
make[2]: *** [config.Makefile] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make[1]: *** [kdist_image] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
Module /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel failed.
Hit return to Continue

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         gulus.usherbrooke.ca 
  500 unstable        gulus.usherbrooke.ca 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                  (Version) | Installed
==================================-+-=============
perl                               | 5.10.0-16
dpkg                      (>= 1.4) | 1.14.22
dpkg-dev              (>= 1.4.0.9) | 1.14.22
gcc                                | 4:4.3.2-2
 OR c-compiler                     | 
make                  (>= 3.80-10) | 3.81-5
po-debconf                         | 1.0.15
gettext                            | 0.17-4
file                               | 4.26-1
debianutils              (>= 2.30) | 2.30
binutils                 (>= 2.12) | 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7
util-linux              (>= 2.10o) | 2.13.1.1-1
module-init-tools      (>= 0.9.10) | 3.4-1





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