Re: Bug#126856: kernel-package: kernel-image should deal with flavours just like modules packages
>>"martin" == martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> writes:
martin> also sprach Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> [2002.01.06.1016 +0100]:
>> Wrong. Read the documentation on the Flavours before using
>> it. This is the reason that Flavours are deprecated, incidentally.
martin> okay, i did read /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/Flavours.gz, but it
martin> really just didn't solve my problem.
That does not make it a bug in the package.
martin> the reason that i am objecting to closing this bug is because
martin> i have official debian packages here to compile my kernels
martin> and modules, and what i get out is *broken*. i don't care
martin> whether flavours are (going to be) deprecated, that feature
martin> exists with the release of kernel-package that i have, and
martin> thus i should be able to use it.
Yes. And the feature requires you to patch the
Makefile. Always has. Just because you failed to read the
instructions and did not know how the feature worked does not make it
a package bug.
martin> i am thus reopening the bug
And I am reclosing it.
martin> as well as raising its severity, not because i want to "catch
martin> attention" or anything, but because kernel-package violates
martin> debian policy!
How so?
martin> when i compile the kernel as flavour "fishbowl" and the
martin> kernel-image*.deb package places its modules into
martin> /lib/modules/2.4.17, while proper modules packages like
martin> alsa-driver or pcmcia-cs put their modules in
martin> 2.4.17+fishbowl, then there is a problem. without manual
martin> interaction, you won't get the new kernel to see the modules
martin> of the modules package. and that i consider a serious bug!
This is pilot error. Had you modified the Makefile like you
are required to in order to use the flavours target, this would not
happen. Next time, read the instructions first.
martin> so this is pretty much two bugs, the first one has major effects on
martin> usability, the second violates the policy. i don't think this bug is
martin> closed yet.
No, this is the user not reading the instructions, and
creating a mess.
manoj
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