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Bug#743796: flash-kernel: kirkwood+ should be considered the same as kirkwood



John Hughes <john@calva.com> (2014-04-06):
> Package: flash-kernel
> Version: 3.3+deb7u2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> Built a custom kernel with make-kpkg
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> I built it in the directory containing the .git subdirectory
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> 
> make-kpkg decided to call the kernel xxxx-kirkwood+-xxxx instead of
> xxx-kirkwood-xxx, so flash-kernel considers it's no good for my system.
> 
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
> flash-kernel should accept an image called xxx-kirkwood+ as valid for
> a kirkwood system

AFAICT make-kpkg is not considered supported, at least by the kernel
team. I suggest you start using the deb-pkg target instead.

I'm not going to oppose the change if someone wants to patch
flash-kernel of course; just trying to share my understanding of the
current situation.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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