Martin Kelly wrote: > I am creating a package for the of rtl8180-sa2400 drivers > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8180-sa2400) and I have a question > about editing the rules file in debian/ in the source archive after dh_make. > > I wish for the package to install some files in three places: > 1. /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/wireless (kernel modules) > 2. /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/wireless/alg (more kernel modules)
I believe the "kernel" sub-directory is meant only for modules that are
built from the official kernel source. Other modules should go in a
separate sub-directory; common practice is to use a sub-directory named
like the package, such as "nvidia" or "madwifi".
> 3. /usr/sbin (some load and unload module scripts)
Those should be in a separate package, so that users can install the
modules for multiple kernels.
> I edited the Makefile to install into DESTDIR and defined DESTDIR to be
> /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/wireless so that should work.
>
> What I'm wondering is two things:
> 1. How do I specify what to install into /usr/sbin?
Sourceforge is down at the moment so I can't look at the Makefile. If
its "install" target fails to install the necessary scripts, you should
copy them over yourself in the "binary" rules using something like this:
mkdir -p debian/$package/usr/sbin
install $scripts debian/$package/usr/sbin/
> 2. What do I need to put in the manpage, considering these are kernel
> modules and need no manpage (nor do they come with one).
Each of the scripts should have a manual page, but not the kernel
modules.
Have you read <http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModulesPackaging> yet?
Ben.
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