Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
> On Monday 25 September 2006 18:30, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> It'll be separately. linux-modules-extra uses <package>-source package
>> to build the binary and when doing it, we would build the need udeb
>> together.
>
> No. You _cannot_ build udebs from the same source package as regular
> binaries.
>
> That is the whole problem we are facing now and why Max is writing this
> proposal: loop-aes-modules cannot currently migrate to testing because
> that would break Beta 3 (needs 2.6.16 udebs), even though the new 2.6.17
> debs are needed in testing because 2.6.17 has migrated.
>
> You really create huge release management problems (or at least
> restrictions) by linking the two.
Keeping it on mind, would be better to have a
linux-modules-extra-2.6-di source package then. What do you think?
I don't think that's good to link linux-image-2.6-di and the external
modules building.
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