Package: loop-aes-source
Version: 3.0d-1
Severity: wishlist
I found a few things confusing when I decided to build the loop-aes
driver. First, the package description didn't mention that I would need
a kernel-source package, not just kernel-headers, so I had to go back
and install that. You could probably also add a Recommends:
kernel-source (or maybe Suggests:). Second, I was surprised that I had
to install the kernel-source package, but I didn't have to actually
rebuild the kernel. Perhaps you could clarify that in the package
description and/or README.Debian:
Although you must have a full kernel source tree to build the
loop-aes driver, it does not patch the kernel, so you don't need to
rebuild. The newly build module will load into your old kernel.
Third, the instructions for using make-kpkg to build loop-aes are a bit
incomplete. If you follow the instructions, when you run make-kpkg, you
will get hit with a zillion questions from make oldconfig (or at least I
did). Perhaps best would be to get the .config that Debian uses, which
can be copied from /boot.
Andrew
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages loop-aes-source depends on:
ii build-essential 10.1 informational list of build-essent
ii bzip2 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii debhelper 4.9.3 helper programs for debian/rules
ii module-assistant 0.9.3 tool to make module package creati
Versions of packages loop-aes-source recommends:
ii kernel-package 9.001 A utility for building Linux kerne
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