Hello Release Team, This request is in regard to bug 591893 which is already fixed for 1.3-1 (Experimental). I would like to add the changes from the README.Debian into the Squeeze version. The debdiff is attached. Please let me know so that I can go ahead with the upload. Ritesh -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System
diff -Nru systemtap-1.2/debian/changelog systemtap-1.2/debian/changelog --- systemtap-1.2/debian/changelog 2010-05-24 01:55:38.000000000 +0530 +++ systemtap-1.2/debian/changelog 2010-09-29 23:21:31.000000000 +0530 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +systemtap (1.2-2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Update README.Debian about kernel dependency + + -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:20:34 +0530 + systemtap (1.2-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Lucas Nussbaum ] diff -Nru systemtap-1.2/debian/README.Debian systemtap-1.2/debian/README.Debian --- systemtap-1.2/debian/README.Debian 2010-05-24 01:55:38.000000000 +0530 +++ systemtap-1.2/debian/README.Debian 2010-09-29 23:21:31.000000000 +0530 @@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ vim-addons is provided by the vim-addon-manager package, have a look at its manpage for more information. -Currently Debian kernels do not contain debugging information, so it is -not possible to use systemtap with those kernels. It is however possible -to use systemtap on custom kernels. To compile kernel with included -debugging information option CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO should be enabled during -kernel configuration (it is available under menu "Kernel hacking", -"Compile the kernel with debug info"). You also should enable kprobes -(CONFIG_KPROBES) in kernel config, this option is located under +Debian kernels with version 2.6.32-16 and above have full support for +systemtap. Make sure to install the linux-image-x.x.x-dbg package which +contains the debug symbols for the kernel and its modules. + + +On older Debian systems (older than Squeeze), Debian kernels do not contain +debugging information, so it is not possible to use systemtap with those +kernels. It is however possible to use systemtap on custom kernels. To +compile kernel with included debugging information option CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO +should be enabled during kernel configuration (it is available under menu +"Kernel hacking", "Compile the kernel with debug info"). You also should +enable kprobes (CONFIG_KPROBES) in kernel config, this option is located under "Instrumentation support" menu and it is marked as EXPERIMENTAL. You may also want to enable debug filesystem (CONFIG_DEBUG_FS, under "Kernel Hacking") and kernel->userspace relay support (CONFIG_RELAY, @@ -38,4 +43,4 @@ To use systemtap as normal user you must be in group 'stapdev' or 'stapusr'. See README.security for details. - -- Eugeniy Meshcheryakov <eugen@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:14:07 +0100 + -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org> Fri Aug 6 18:37:25 IST 2010
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