Bug#372161: Reopen, bug not solved (was: Bug#372161 closed by maximilian attems <max@stro.at> (kernel-headers are missing infrastructure needed to build modules with kernel-package))

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 05:42:29PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> reopen 372161
> thanks
> 
> > use module-assistant, lots of modules are build
> > thus i doubt that linux-2.6 doesn't provide the infrastructure
> > for it, thus closing.
> 
> Sorry, but I don't think that "use module-assistant" is enough to close
> a bug which essentially says "kernel-package claims to be able to
> compile modules, but either its documentation is wrong [my claim in the
> original report], or the kernel and kernel-package do not cooperate
> properly [manoj's opinion if I got him right]".  
> 
> I don't think that module-assistant is relevant at all here, and if it
> is, then the bug would still not be solved (instead it would need to be
> retitled to "let make-kpkg call module-assistant").
> 
> I'm currently on vacation, actually I can only read my e-mail on
> weekends, where I also have other real-life things to do.  So don't be
> surprised if you don't get answers from me for quite a while.

I've just looked into this old bug and I don't understand why you reopened
it. What specifically needs to be changed in your opinion wrt the linux-2.6
source package?

If you want to build a out of tree kernel module on your, you could look
into DKMS (testing and sid only), but I don't see why anything should be 
needed on the kernel side.

Cheers,
        Moritz