Re: pcmcia-modules in woody
"John H. Robinson, IV" <jhriv@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> i have no build dependency upon pcmcia-cs. instead, what i have in
> debian/rules is a list of all kernel add-on modules[0] that come in
> _tarball_ form. if they unpack themselves into /usr/src/modules, then
> i have nothing to do with them.
Yes. You use is the pcmcia-source deb, which contains the source packed
in tarball form in /usr/src. Right?
> then for _each_ set of modules, it will unpack the modules into a
> private build tree (this is why i do not touch anything that installs
> itself unpacked) and uses the proper arguments to make-kpkg to build
> the requisite modules.
Exactly.
My point is that if we want the entire process to be automated, for
auto-builders and whatnot, your kernel-image packages must include
"pcmcia-source" in its "Build-Depends" header. Otherwise, there is
nothing that automatically builds the pcmcia-modules-xxx-resierfs
package.
If the kernel-image maintainer decides that it would not be appropriate
to build certain add-on module packages to accompany his kernel, then
he leaves the appropriate -source packages out of "Build-Depends" and
it is not automatically built. The decision is placed with the kernel
maintainer, where it belongs.
My only point is automation of the process. The lack of an ability to
automate this has been the source of complaints about the current pcmcia
build process.
Am I making myself clear?
- Brian
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