Re: freeze exception for vpb-driver-4.2.36-1 (fix for kernel 2.6.26)
Ron wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The vpb-driver kernel modules currently in Lenny fail to build with
> kernel 2.6.26. That has been fixed in vpb-driver-4.2.36 now uploaded
> to unstable.
>
> vpb-driver (4.2.36-1) unstable; urgency=low
>
> * Fix the kernel modules for class_device_create vanishing in 2.6.26
> and device_create changing its signature again in 2.6.27
> * Fix vdaaerl to handle NTT caller id.
> * Backport changes to dtmfcheck for better analysing problem files.
> * Make the distclean target more robust.
> * All other changes are in the PRI codepath which is not enabled
> for the Debian packages.
>
> -- Ron Lee <ron@debian.org> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:49:55 +0930
>
> The changes to the kernel modules are the only thing new for this
> upstream release. The changes to the two utilities are small and
> have been tested in previous upstream releases that I did not
> upload to Debian because alone they did not warrant a release
> exception -- but they are beneficial and these are non-critical
> utilities for debugging so their possible impact is low anyhow.
> The makefile tweak should not be controversial and does fix a
> possible (if somewhat rare) failure.
>
> There is some extra 'cruft' (visible in the diff of openpri.cpp,
> vpbapi.cpp, VpbConfigurator.in, vpbscan.c), but it is all in a
> code path that is not enabled for the Debian builds and so seems
> safe to just ignore.
>
> If no further problems are found with code for kernel 2.6.26
> and it is to be the default kernel for Lenny, then I would
> recommend this package be allowed to transition normally.
unblocked
Cheers
Luk
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