Re: Kernel Patch Packages with -ac patches
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 03:43, Ian Duggan wrote:
> I'm packaging some kernel patches that apply against some of the -ac
> kernel trees, however it looks like dh_installkpatches isn't designed to
> handle this. Here is the relevant line:
>
> $kv[0] =~ m/^(\d+\.\d+)\.(\d+)$/ or die "Malformed kernel version:
> `$kv[0]'";
>
> and the error:
>
> dh_installkpatches
> Malformed kernel version: `2.4.13-ac7' at /usr/bin/dh_installkpatches
> line 184.
> make: *** [install] Error 2
>
>
> Is there an established way to package kernel patches for these kernels?
Why does the patch require 2.4.13-ac7?
Why would you want to support an ancient pre-release of the kernel anyway?
Why doesn't it apply against 2.4.13?
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