Bug#783613: installation-guide-amd64: Incorrect usage of the --revision string.
Package: installation-guide-amd64
Version: 20150423
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
Refer to 8.6. Compiling a New Kernel. I believe this is also present in some
other arch installation-guides.
The installation-guide tells the user to run the following command to begin
compiling their new kernel.
"Now compile the kernel: fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0
kernel_image"
However, running this command results in the following error output:
Error: The revision string may only contain
alphanumerics and the characters ~ + .
If epochs are used, the colon : is also allowed
The current value is: custom.1.0
Aborting.
Upon running "make-kpkg --help" it states the following,
"--revision number The debian revision number. ([0-9][a-zA-Z.~+0-9]) (Must
start with a digit)"
As you can see, the revision string must start with a digit.
I suggest updating the guide to reflect this requirement,
"Now compile the kernel: fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=1.0.custom
kernel_image"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.7-ckt9 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
-- no debconf information
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