Bug#225650: linux-kernel-headers: missing symlink include/asm -> asm-$ARCH causes /usr/include/asm to be used

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 11:21:11AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Package: linux-kernel-headers
> Version: 2.5.999-test7-bk-10
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> when the package is built, there is no include/asm. This causes
> /usr/include/asm to be used during package build, which breaks on
> woody. This will probably cause interesting effects when packaging the
> next kernel-headers version that has differing include/asm definitions.
> 
> IMO, a symlink include/asm -> asm-$ARCH needs to be generated on
> package build, otherwise building the test suite will fail.

Please give more details.  There should be an include/asm everywhere it
is needed.  Where does it fail?  What's the symptom?

I know that changes to asm-i386/ show up in the testsuite results so it
works here.  Perhaps a different version of debhelper is breaking some
assumption?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer