Bug#270941: depmod: Can't open /stor/usr-src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/extra/modules.dep for writing

[Daniel Webb <bubba@danielwebb.us>]

Package: kernel-source-2.4.27
Version: 2.4.27-5
Severity: important
Justification: fails to build from source

(as root)
>make-kpkg --revision fuzzy.1 kernel_image

<snip>

cd /stor/usr-src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.4.27; \
mkdir -p pcmcia; \
find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf ../{}
pcmcia
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map -b
/stor/usr-src/linux/debian/tmp-image -r 2.4.27; fi
depmod: Can't open
/stor/usr-src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/extra/modules.dep for
writing
make[2]: *** [_modinst_post] Error 255
make[2]: Leaving directory `/stor/usr-src/kernel-source-2.4.27'
make[1]: *** [real_stamp_image] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/stor/usr-src/kernel-source-2.4.27'
make: *** [kernel-image-deb] Error 2

I don't know...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.22-xfs
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US