Package: kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686
Version: 2.6.9-3
Severity: important
Tags: sid
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686 depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii fileutils 5.0.91-2 The GNU file management utilities
ii kernel-headers-2.6.9-1 2.6.9-3 Header files related to Linux kern
-- no debconf information
The file: kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686/.extraversion
file should be renamed or copied to:
kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686/localversion
matching the 2.6.8 --> 2.6.9 changes in EXTRAVERSION/localversion usage
in the dependent package kernel-headers-2.6.n-1/Makefile
In the 2.6.8-1 Makefile, there is
---------
ifeq ($(EXTRAVERSION),)
EXTRAVERSION := $(shell [ ! -f .extraversion ] || cat .extraversion)
endif
KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)
with change in the kernel-headers-2.6.9-1/Makefile to
----------
ifeq ($(objtree),$(srctree))
localversion-files := $(wildcard $(srctree)/localversion*)
else
localversion-files := $(wildcard $(objtree)/localversion*
$(srctree)/localversion*)
endif
LOCALVERSION = $(subst $(space),, \
$(shell cat /dev/null $(localversion-files)) \
$(subst ",,$(CONFIG_LOCALVERSION)))
KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)$(LOCALVERSION)
The standard "install" command is faulted by the lack of
kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686/localversion
For example, as used in our Lucent modem support
package at http://ltmodem.heby.de, the ltmodem-8.31a11.tar.gz
The Makefile.2.6 installs compiled drivers through
make install:
make $(EXTMOD_SWITCH)=`pwd` -C $(KERNEL_DIR) INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(ROOTDIR)
modules_install
Through the kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686/Makefile -->
kernel-headers-2.6.9-1/Makefile,
there is read
KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)$(LOCALVERSION)
make install:
in the presence of kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686/localversion
properly seats drivers to:
/lib
`-- modules
`-- 2.6.9-1-686
`-- extra
|-- lt_modem.ko
`-- lt_serial.ko
But in the ABSENSE of kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-686/localversion, only
KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)
is non-empty and there is a useless seating at:
/lib
`-- modules
`-- 2.6.9
`-- extra
|-- lt_modem.ko
`-- lt_serial.ko
Presumably, all the kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-* packages require this localversion
fix,
and all subsequent kernel-headers-2.6.n-m-* releases.
Credit to Alexei Chentsov, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
for relating the fix to me.
MarvStodolsky
ltmodem co-maintainer
