On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:02:41 +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 07:50:35PM +0200, David Paleino wrote: > > I believe there could be a margin of improvement here for apt-get: > > > > 1) apt-get install linux-image-2.6-blabla > > 2) ...installation goes... > > 3) the postinst hook sets an "APT flag" (something like: "please rerun > > because you still have things to do") with some "action" (i.e. "mark > > package FOO for installation) > > 4) apt-get checks if there are any flags set, and if so, acts consequently. > > Do you actually have a working build system? Must you have a build > system on every host? I can't understand what your question means here. M-a also installs a build system, when you choose "Prepare"... why would that be different for dkms? Just install build-essential (and what else is needed) alongside with the proper linux-headers-* package. > What is the name of the generated deb package? Can two packages of > different kernel architectures liv in the same system? 2.6.26-1-486 and > 2.6.26-1-686 . DKMS *does* *not* generate .deb packages (although it can): the modules are handled by itself, and not via dpkg (thus, the generated modules are not .debs, but stay in /lib/modules/.../) David -- . ''`. Debian maintainer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://snipr.com/qa_page `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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