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Re: Fwd: Debian 7.5 fails with kernel.org backports



On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 11:45 +0200, Steffen Dettmer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after upgrading to Debian 7.5 (linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common),
> backports 3.10.2 [1] does not compile anymore [2]. Without it, I have
> issues with Antheros WLAN cards.
> 
> Does Debian 7.5 include another backported versions? Can it be removed
> and replaced by "official" backports 3.10.2 from [1]?
> 
> I also tried backports-3.13-rc8-1 [3] without success.

I don't understand why you're picking random old versions.  There is
also a backports-3.14, though I don't know that it will work any better.

> It could be that it is related to some e1000e backport (the sources
> also don't compile anymore, I did not yet tested whether the driver
> included in 7.5 works without backported driver) as in #705959 [4]?
> 
> How do I get wireless backports working again with 7.5?
> 
> Is it normal to have such breaking changes in a minor release? I was
> really surpised, what can I do?
[...]

Yes, it is normal for OOT modules to fail to build after we backport
stuff.  This also happens in all other distributions that backport
drivers.

But you shouldn't *need* to rebuild them, as we do maintain binary
compatibility as far as possible.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Knowledge is power.  France is bacon.

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