Re: make-kpkg "not in control info"

["Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>]

manoj replied
> >>"Richard" == Richard E Hawkins Esq <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu> writes:

>  Richard> dpkg-gencontrol -pkernel-image-2.0.34-eyry -Pdebian/tmp-image/
>  Richard> no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("hawk") at 
>          /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
>  Richard> dpkg-gencontrol: error: package kernel-image-2.0.34-eyry 
            not in control info

> 	Seems like you have a version number that is all letters (eyry)
>  That is not allowed. Add a number in there, like 
> 	% fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=1.0.custom kernel_image

>  Richard> it sounds like I have to go register something somewhere.

> 	You need to change the revision number, that's all. 

thanks.  But i wasn't using a revision number; just a flavour.  It 
still complained when i added a kernel number.  And the odd thing is 
that it allowed me to make one package before this happened--but I'd 
misspecified the flavour  (I have three distinctly different machines 
to deal with, and labeled it the wrong one.).

Once that first package was made (and without a revision number, which 
may be the problem), it flatly refused to make more, regardless of 
flavour or revision.

I removed the Stamp* files, and it happily made the package.

rick

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