Bug#407097: linux-source-2.6.18: 2.6.18-7 missing ./debian directory. make-kpkg fails.

[mousit@mousit.com]

Subject: linux-source-2.6.18: 2.6.18-7 missing ./debian directory.  make-kpkg fails.
Package: linux-source-2.6.18
Version: 2.6.18-7
Severity: important

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I am unable to configure or compile the kernel using make-kpkg.  The command fails
with the following message:


# make-kpkg --config menuconfig kernel_image
exec make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk debian
/usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:53: No .config file found
/usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:98: *** Please create a .config file.  Stop.
Failed to create a ./debian directory: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/make-kpkg line 1096.


There is indeed no debian directory within the unpacked linux-source-2.6.18 directory.  I see no
information about the method of kernel compilation having changed, so I can only assume that the
package is currently unusable.

I am also assuming it is not a problem with make-kpkg, since the debian directory does exist in
previous linux-source packages (such as 2.6.17) and is only missing in this 2.6.18 one.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.18 depends on:
ii  binutils                      2.17-3     The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  bzip2                         1.0.3-6    high-quality block-sorting file co

Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.18 recommends:
ii  gcc                          4:4.1.1-15  The GNU C compiler
ii  libc6-dev [libc-dev]         2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii  make                         3.81-2      The GNU version of the "make" util

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