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Re: Bug in kernel compilation section of the 'Installation Guide"



Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> (2015-05-04):
> Tom H, le Mon 04 May 2015 03:19:53 -0400, a écrit :
> > Against which package should a bug in the 'Installation Guide" be reported?
> 
> See section 1.9. Your Documentation Help is Welcome
> 
> We welcome suggestions, comments, patches, and bug reports (use the package
> installation-guidefor bugs, but check first to see if the problem is already reported).
> 
> > Even though the make-kpkg man page says "--revision number", it's not
> > clear that it has to start with a number. In fact, the option's
> > misnamed because it's the package version and not its revision (in the
> > Debian policy meaning) that's being set -  a fact that's more or less
> > acknowledged in the man page with "Changes the version number ...".
> 
> I have already commited a suggested fix yesterday.

FWIW I've only now discovered we're documenting how to compile a kernel
in the installation guide… Wouldn't it make sense to just point at the
kernel handbook instead, so that we don't have to chase updates and
duplicate work (e.g.  “make deb-pkg” being preferred to make-kpkg)?

Mraw,
KiBi.

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