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Re: Missing makefile



On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 15:05 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 7/31/2013 2:39 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 10:53 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> >> And compiling kernel modules is off-topic for debian-user.  It should,
> >> however, be on-topic here.
> >
> > Not really, although I realise the longer description on
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/ could lead you to that
> > conclusion. As the short description better indicates, debian-devel is
> > focused on the development of the distribution, rather than development
> > on or using it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> 
> Adam,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> OK, I can understand that.  However, then where do you get support for 
> building modules with tools supplied by Debian - especially when there 
> seems to be a bug in one of those tools, but can't figure out which tool 
> to file a bug report against (or if it even is a bug - which I think it is)?
> 
> The mentors list doesn't seem to be appropriate, either.

It's not a bug in our packages, otherwise we would have hundreds of bug
reports of this already.

(My guess: you haven't installed the packages properly, for example you
made /usr/src a symlink.)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
                                                              - Albert Camus

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