Bug#546182: Add documentation about specific package build
Package: linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.1-686
Version: 2.6.30-6~bpo50+1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Please add documentation on how to build a specific kernel package
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-bpo.1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.1-686 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92o tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.1-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.1-686 suggests:
ii grub 0.97-47lenny2 GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy v
pn linux-doc-2.6.30 <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information excluded
diff --git a/README.Debian b/README.Debian
index 759f728..2b4cb8a 100644
--- a/README.Debian
+++ b/README.Debian
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ given a lower priority for security support. Options marked as BROKEN
or EXPERIMENTAL are of very low priority, and should not be enabled in
customized builds for a security-sensitive environment.
+Building only specific packages
+-------------------------------
+You can build specific kernel packages by calling debian/rules.gen directly.
+If you for example want to build the -686 image use:
+
+ $ fakeroot make -f debian/rules.gen binary-arch_i386_none_686
+
Rebuilding Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx firmware
----------------------------------------
You can rebuild the firmware for the Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx SCSI Adapters. To
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