Re: Mainline kernel source curiosity
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 01:25:45PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
> Last time the problem was compiling the kernel at all, which is
> working just fine now thank you Debian-User.
>
> fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version -curt1.0 --initrd kernel_image
>
> creates the .deb file just fine, it installs fine, but when I run it
> and try to get the VirtualBox and Nvidia drivers to compile, this is
> what I get:
>
> from vbox-installer.log
>
> ==========
> Makefile:170: *** Error: /usr/src/linux (version 2.6.36-rc4) does not
> match the current kernel (version 2.6.36-rc4-curt1.0). Stop.
> ==========
>
> The thing is, there is no such error with 2.6.35.4-curt1.0, nor when
> it was 35-rc4-curt1.0.
>
> So why would it be choking on the custom extension now? I used
> _exactly_ the same compile command, listed above.
Is this a manifestation of this:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591793
I am unsure, but I was under the impression that kernel-package is
broken for the most recent kernels.
Thanks.
Kumar
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