On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:37:28AM +0100, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > And what about the apply/unapply patches ? I only cited the patch, but
> > the same problem happens with the rest of the patch stuff.
>
> With dh_installkpatches, you get apply and unapply scripts in the
> directories /usr/src/kernel-patches/{apply,unapply}. Which is not
> nice if you want to create separate packages (such as
> kernel-patch-powerpc-<version>) providing the same patch, so one can
> always run `make-kpkg --added-patches powerpc'. However, make-kpkg is
> capable of finding apply and unapply scripts in subdirectories, such
> as /usr/src/kernel-patches/<version>/{apply,unapply}. Then you get to
> write the scripts yourself, but kernel-patch-debian already does it
> this way and could be used for templates.
Ok, i will look at this later today. It is #3 on my TODO list only
though, first comes the final touch for d-i on powerpc and some parted
stuff needed for prep booting and mips dvh partitions.
> > Did we not decide you would co-maintain the powerpc kernels ?
>
> Duh, I completely forgot about this. Probably because you did such a
> good job of it. But I would be happy to rewrite the scripts for
> 2.6.4, if you just send me the config files and the patch.
Ok, will do, hopefully later today.
> > Still, the fact that you need to unpack the kernel again and configure
> > it is no nice, so the solution i propose would have been nicer.
>
> I do recommend tmpfs for things like that, it makes creating the
> half-dozen kernel-trees so much easier and faster.
Ok, we can have a look at it, i intented to rebuild the debian/rules for
2.6.4 anyway, since not all combinations are really needed.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
