Bug#385553: linux-modules-extra-2.6: ndiswrapper requires rules target override

[Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>]

On Friday 20 June 2008 16:12:09 Daniel Baumann wrote:
> Kel Modderman wrote:
> > ndiswrapper has been integrated into a forked linux-modules-extra-2.6
> > source package[0], and I found that a custom rules override is required
> > for successful building of ndiswrapper in that framework.
> 
> Please don't override rules, please fix your module-source package
> instead. As soon as you've uploaded a fixed version, let me know and
> I'll add it.
> 

Currently, I don't understand why the override is unacceptable and no
explanation has been given.

Nor is it clear what is broken about the ndiswrapper build system; other than
it not conforming to the standard kbuild invocation as it would if it were
aiming for mainline Linux exclusion. Its not aiming for mainline inclusion, and
even more than that, must perform preparatory steps to compile against a
variety of different Linux source tree's. It just won't get "fixed".

Thanks, Kel.