Re: building 2.6.26 kernel source fails on squeeze

[Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu>]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 02:39 +0530, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 2011-04-17 at 16:51 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2011-04-17 at 20:42 +0530, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Compilation of 2.6.26 Debian sources from lenny on squeeze fails with the
> > > > > following below. The only change I made was to set
> > > > > CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=n. See patch below. The command I used was
> > > > >
> > > > > fakeroot make KDEB_PKGVERSION=custom.1.0  -f debian/rules.gen binary-arch_i386_none_686-bigmem
> > > > >
> > > > > Am I missing something obvious? Please CC me on any reply. I'm not
> > > > > subscribed. Thanks in advance.
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > KDEB_PKGVERSION has no effect.  You need to change the ABI version in
> > > > debian/config/defines.
> >
> > I'm just trying to change the name of the package (from the default of
> > linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem to presumably something like
> > linux-image-2.6.26.custom.1.0-2-686-bigmem) so that it does not replace my
> > currently installed 2.6.26 version, and I can distinguish it from the
> > stock Debian kernels. I was attempting to follow Section 4.5 in
> > http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html.
> >
> > It doesn't look like a good fit with the other instructions in 4.2.4, but
> > I tried to mix them together.
>
> These are in different sections for a good reason!

No doubt. However, I want to rebuild the Debian stock kernel with the one 
minor alteration to the config I've already mentioned, and produce a 
binary linux-image package with a different name. How do I do this?

> > I don't see how to alter debian/config/defines to do this. To be honest, I
> > don't even know what this file is for.
>
> It defines certain parameters for the Debian packaging.  The ABI number
> is set on the second line of the file.

Ok. In that case, I don't see how this is relevant to what I'm trying to 
do.

                                                         Regards, Faheem