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Re: Intend to package, create OSS/Free



On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 12:39:34PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 	I would think that using make-kpkg to create the modules
>  packages is not a bad idea anyway. 

I think it's a great idea, and works really well with pcmcia on my
notebook.

>  /usr/src/modules/<mod-name>/, and runs ./debian/rules <target>. 
>  Additionally, the following information is provided in the
>  environment:
>  a) KVERS  Contains the kernel version
>  b) KSRC   Contains the location of the kernel sources 
>  c) KMAINT Contains the Name of the maintainer to pass to PGP
>  d) KEMAIL Caontains the email address of the maintainer

How is the package version number passed?

Also, I'm terrible with make. Is there an easy way to test that
the four variables above have been provided and abort if not?

thanks,
Hamish
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