Hi all I am creating a package of some software that doing compilation needs to have access to the kernel source (any 2.6 kernel should do). The problem lies in the fact that the Debian kernel source package only dumps tar file in /usr/src/, so setting
Build-Depends: kernel-source-2.6.8 Is not enough given that I need to unpack the kernel, copy the config file from /boot into the source directotory (/usr/src/linux/.config) and run make oldconfig make prepare In the kernel source directory before I can compile my software. I see the following 3 solutions: 1) Make a external script needed to compile the package (thereby removing the possibility off making a source package that will work, without a properly configured kernel). 2) Using some sort of precompile scripts (does the deb system even have precompile scripts (in the style of preinst and prerm)) - to ensure that the system system is installed correctly. This will ensure that the source package will compile on any system. 3) Ship the configured kernel source along with the package (crappy solution - but it will of cause work). Any feedback (or even solutions) will be appreciated. Regards. Lars Roland
