Source: linux Severity: serious Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? I was trying to create a custom kernel package by following the steps at https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html. I changed the ABI version from "4" to "4-s2e". I customized the kernel configuration using "make localmodconfig". Then, I built the dpkg packages for the 586 subarchitecture (both linux-image and linux-headers). * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Subsequently, I also tried using make-kpkg, but the result was the same. The resulting dpkg package behaved the same (see below). * What was the outcome of this action? Building the dpkg packages went OK. However, when I ran "sudo dpkg -i linux-image-3.16.0-4-s2e-586_3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3_i386.deb", I got a warning "WARNING: missing /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-s2e-586", followed by another set of errors, including some error messages originating from the kernel. At the end, the package was left in an inconsistent state: $ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-3.16.0-4-s2e-586_3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3_i386.deb (Reading database ... 31856 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-image-3.16.0-4-s2e-586_3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3_i386.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-3.16.0-4-s2e-586 (3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3) over (3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3) ... Setting up linux-image-3.16.0-4-s2e-586 (3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3) ... /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-s2e-586 WARNING: missing /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-s2e-586 Ensure all necessary drivers are built into the linux image! depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-s2e-586: No such file or directory depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_cvTqVt/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-s2e-586/modules.order: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_cvTqVt/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-s2e-586/modules.builtin: No such file or directory /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub: Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-s2e-586 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-s2e-586 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-686-pae done I checked the contents of /lib/modules, and found that there is a 3.16.0-4-586 directory, but not an "-s2e" one, in addition to the one corresponding to the current kernel: $ ls -l /lib/modules total 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 7 12:19 3.16.0-4-586 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 7 11:17 3.16.0-4-686-pae * What outcome did you expect instead? I would have expected the dpkg package to install successfully on the machine. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150807103012.21631.47390.reportbug@debian
