On Sat, 2011-09-24 at 18:20 -0700, David Witbrodt wrote: > I just upgraded to gcc-multilib 4.6.1-3 and found that APT > blew away /usr/include/asm without warning. This directory > belongs to my locally-built 'linux-libc-dev' which is produced > using upstream kernel sources and 'make deb-pkg'. > > I do local builds for testing upstream kernel commits relevant > to my Radeon GPU, and I typically run custom 'linux-image-*' > and 'linux-libc-dev' packages on an otherwise totally-Debian > system. I also keep at least one Debian kernel installed in > case of extreme breakage/personal-stupidity. As a workaround, > I have been able to install the multiarch-aware 3.0.0-4 version > of 'linux-libc-dev'; now I can successfully build xorg-server > locally without '/usr/include/asm/socket.h' missing. > > Is this a bug in the upstream sources? Does the Debian Kernel > Team maintain the "deb-pkg" target upstream? Not officially, but Max has done quite a bit of work on it. > If so, has the > Kernel Team provided a patch for multiarch-aware 'linux-libc-dev', > or does it have plans to do so? > > If such a patch exists, could you direct me toward it so I can > give it a try? I'm not sure how we should do this, because 'make deb-pkg' should produce packages that are compatible with older versions of Debian. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.
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