Re: rolling vanilla kernel on Squeeze
18/05/2011 04:09, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> System: Squeeze
> Current Kernel: 2.6.34.1 vanilla built under Lenny long before
> upgrading to Squeeze
> Issue: Seeing two extra .debs being built by make
>
> I grabbed 2.6.38.6 from kernel.org yesterday and rolled a kernel using
> 'make KDEB_PKGVERSION=custom.x.x deb-pkg'. After running the make
> script I ended up with a kernel .deb package, a headers .deb package,
> and a libc-dev .deb package. I've been rolling my own kernels for many
> years and I've never ended up with anything but a single kernel .deb
> file. I don't use initrd nor module support.
>
> What's the story on these two new .deb packages, and what do I do with
> them, if anything? Is it safe to go ahead and install the kernel
> package? What, if anything, do I need to do with the 2 new files?
> Install them? Copy then to /boot? Ignore them?
>
Hi, not a bug, it's a feature ;-). It's been added to the make deb-pkg
target. Your best bet is to look into /scripts/package/builddeb
"# Build header package
(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl >
/tmp/files$$)
(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f >>
/tmp/files$$)
(cd $objtree; find .config Module.symvers include scripts -type f >>
/tmp/objfiles$$)
destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
mkdir -p "$destdir"
(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T /tmp/files$$) | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T /tmp/objfiles$$) | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
rm -f /tmp/files$$ /tmp/objfiles$$
arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
cat <<EOF >> debian/control
Package: $kernel_headers_packagename
Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-2.6
Architecture: $arch
Description: Linux kernel headers for $KERNELRELEASE on $arch
This package provides kernel header files for $KERNELRELEASE on $arch
.
This is useful for people who need to build external modules
EOF"
I think you can safely ignore the packages if you don't use modules at
all, if you didn't miss them before you are unlikely to miss them now.
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