On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 11:06:16AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > Kernel module policy: > > --------------------- > > * Kernel modules must be provided as a "binary source" package. > > * Module source packages should provide a debian/rules file. > > * The debian/rules file must compile the module if KSRC=kernelsourcedir > > and KVERS=versionname is priovided. > > * The debian/rules file may fail if an unsupported version of the kernel is > > provided by the environment. > > * The debian/rules file may fail if no kernel-headers is in that location. > > * The debian/rules file should handke KMAINT and KEMAIL env variables. > It would be a significant gain if kernel modules could always be built > against kernel-headers, without requiring full kernel-source. Is there any > situation where this is not feasible, or could it be made a requirement? I think it's safe to say that if a kernel module package requires something not present in the kernel-headers package for building, there's a bug somewhere. Which is not to say there aren't bugs, of course. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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