Bug#273878: kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686: dangling includes in makefile

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 11:41:31AM -0400, Amelia A Lewis wrote:
> Package: kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686
> Version: 2.4.27-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> In attempting to build modules for vmware, the makefile in the kernel
> headers directory is consulted.  This is actually linked to the makefile
> included in kernel-headers-2.4.27-1, with a symlink.
> 
> Unfortunately, it's broken.  There are two apparently unconditional includes
> in the makefile, at line 268 and line 551, for the architecture, and for
> Rules.make.
> 
> Rules.make prolly ought to be included in the -2.4.27-1 package, then
> symlinked from -2.4.27-1-686.  arch ... perhaps should be included in the
> -2.4.27-1-686 package directly?
> 
> The workaround is to install the corresponding kernel-source package and
> symlink.

Hi Ameilia,

That does indeed seem to be an omission in both the 2.4.26 and 2.4.27
kernel header packages. I think the best thing is to include
both of the files you mention in kernel-headers-2.4.2[67]-1 and
then symlink to it from the flavour-specific packages. I will work on
making this so for the next release.

Thanks

-- 
Horms