Re: building 2.6.26 kernel source fails on squeeze

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

On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Faheem Mitha wrote:

> Well, I followed your instructions, and they seemed to work, though I have 
> not tested the resulting kernel.

Addendum: I get this error when trying to install

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of 
linux-headers-2.6.26-custom1.0-686-bigmem:
 linux-headers-2.6.26-custom1.0-686-bigmem depends on 
linux-headers-2.6.26-custom1.0-common (= 2.6.26-26lenny1); however:
  Package linux-headers-2.6.26-custom1.0-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.26-custom1.0-686-bigmem 
(--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-headers-2.6.26-custom1.0-686-bigmem

The debian packaging does not generate this linux-header common package.

                                                        Regards, Faheem.