Bug#340486: linux-headers-2.6.14-2-k7: Unable to compile modules, fixdep.c required

[Moshe Yudkowsky <speech@pobox.com>]

Package: linux-headers-2.6.14-2-k7
Version: 2.6.14-3
Severity: serious
Justification: no longer builds from source

I am attempting to build my modules for 2.6.14-2-k7, and this fails. The failure is because the Makefile in <headers>/scripts/basic attempts, incorrectly (AFAICT) to build "fixdep" instead of using the "fixdep" that is already in the directory:

linux# make-kpkg modules
/usr/bin/make    \
                                 ARCH=i386 oldconfig
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.14-2-k7'
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
gcc: scripts/basic/fixdep.c: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files
make[2]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.14-2-k7'
make: *** [stamp-kernel-configure] Error 2

I am attempt this build with /usr/src/linux as an alias for linux-headers-26.14-2-k7, but the build itself is being carried out under 2.6.12. 

Please note that I'm simply following the same procedure I've always followed to build modules. Previous versions of linux-headers did NOT have a Makefile in the scripts/basic directory. I realize that there's probably a simple fix for this, but unravelling the *intent* of a Makefile is a little tricky at times...


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages linux-headers-2.6.14-2-k7 depends on:
ii  linux-headers-2.6.14-2        2.6.14-3   Common header files for Linux kern

linux-headers-2.6.14-2-k7 recommends no packages.

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