Bug#359813: linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686: attempt to build module (tp_smapi) does nothing; 2.6.15 headers worked OK
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- Subject: Bug#359813: linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686: attempt to build module (tp_smapi) does nothing; 2.6.15 headers worked OK
- From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:54:04 -0800
- Message-id: <20060329005404.10057.48787.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>
- Reply-to: Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>, 359813@bugs.debian.org
Package: linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686
Version: 2.6.16-4
Severity: important
The 2.6.16-1-686 headers package does not allow the build of a simple
third-party module, in this case "tp_smapi".
The failure mode is particularly mystifying: it is an apparently
"successful" accomplishment of nothing at all:
$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-1-686/build M=/stuff/tp/tp_smapi-0.17 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686'
That's it.
I asked the maintainer of tp_smapi for help, and he reported that he could
not reproduce this failure on his (non-Debian) 2.6.16 kernel tree. And of
course I built tp_smapi with the 2.6.15 header package, without problems.
PS: module-assistant still thinks that the 2.6.16-1-686 headers are
"unconfigured"; this is not a problem for me but in case it's
relevant I figured I should mention it.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686 depends on:
ii linux-headers-2.6.16-1 2.6.16-4 Common header files for Linux kern
linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686 recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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