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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