Re: Custom Kernel Building in Debian

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:14:09AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17 2009, maximilian attems wrote:
> 
> > second you shall use make deb-pkg no need to use kernel-package
> > on a recent linux-2.6 tarball (>= 2.6.31). it will just produce
> > the linux-image.
> 
>         Not if you want to produce headers, doc, or debug packages from
>  your custom sources. The upstream deb-pkg is nice and all, but does not
>  offer the same functionality as kernel-package does.

the doc in question is about producing a linux image.

i agree that deb-pkg is not feature complete, but for aboves
usage it is recommended.