Re: Problem compiling custom kernel.
Buddha Buck <bmbuck@acsu.buffalo.edu> writes:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am having some trouble compiling a custom kernel recently under
> Debian. It has always worked flawlessly in the past.
>
> My platform is an up-to-date debian-unstable 486 box, currently running
> kernel 2.0.26 (custom built). I have kernel-package 3.10 installed.
>
> I wanted to upgrade to 2.0.27, so I downloaded linux-2.0.27.tar.gz from
> ftp.cs.helsinki.fi, untarred it to /var/tmp/linux, copied
> /usr/src/linux/.config to /var/tmp/linux, cd'd into /var/tmp/linux,
> then ran "make-kpkg -revision custom.1.0 kernel_image".
>
> After asking me for a couple of new configuration options, it churned
> for quite a while, then crashed with the following messages:
>
> >chmod 644 debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.27 \
> > debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinux-2.0.27 \
> > debian/tmp-image/boot/System.map-2.0.27
> >dpkg-gencontrol -pkernel-image-2.0.27 -Pdebian/tmp-image/
> >dpkg-gencontrol: failure: chown new files list file: Illegal seek
> >make: *** [stamp-image] Error 29
>
> Trying it repeatedly fails to produce any change. I have plenty of
> filespace left on /var, so that isn't the problem.
>
> What should I do now to create the kernel-image_custom.1.0.deb file I
> want?
>
Download the latest version of dpkg-dev, dpkg-dev_1.4.0.5.deb should
do. It is available in both stable and unstable. Your kernel should
build better after this change.
--
Kevin Dalley
kevin@aimnet.com
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