Re: Modules packaging policy - call for discussion

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Manoj Srivastava [Sun, Apr 09 2006, 01:54:03AM]:

> > And there are additional targets that m-a-infected rules file
> > provide, used to predict the file location and debug the build
> > environment.
> 
>         I am not sure I understand. Predict which file location?

Output file. Example:

debian:/usr/src/modules/cdfs$ debian/rules echo-debfile
/usr/src/modules/cdfs/../cdfs-2.6.16-1-686_2.4.20.a+2.6.12-2_i386.deb
debian:/usr/src/modules/cdfs$ debian/rules echo-vars
I've been configured using:
 - Kernel source of /usr/src/linux
 - Kernel version of 2.6.16-1-686
 - Kernel revision of 
 - C compiler of gcc-4.0
 - Make options of 
 - Version is 2.4.20.a+2.6.12-2
 - Cosmetic version is 2.4.20.a+2.6.12-2
 - Maintainer is Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>
 - Package name is cdfs-2.6.16-1-686
 - Target directory is /usr/src/modules/cdfs/..


Eduard.

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