Re: linux-kbuild-3.1.0 ?
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:16:32 +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 04:14:31PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>>
>>> Well, then who/what is the target of "linux-headers-3.1.0-rc4-amd64"
>>> package? I mean, if it is not installable -on purpose- because of the
>>> broken dependency, what is it aimed for? Just curious :-?
>>
>> You can try out the kernel image, so to speak the kernel itself, and
>> check if it works on your hardware. It's just the surounding toolchain
>> to build e.g. dkms modules etc. which is missing. But that doesn't
>> prevent you from checking if $latest-fix-in-upstream-rc fixes one of
>> your reported or not reported problems.
>
> Yeah, I understand that kernel headers are focused to developers or
> people who needs compiling their own packages but it is still needed for
> that purposes, I mean, there can be people running Debian kernel 3.1 that
> needs to test how compiling works and with no headers package available
> that seems not possible :-?
>
> In brief, why having a package with broken dependecies that cannot be
> installed, better not having it at all? Mmm, unless the package itself
> has to be created to satisfy another package dependencies...
See the bottom of this page
http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage
It's not clear from the bug report link posted earlier whether it's
-headers or -kbuild or, most likely, both, that's not packaged for
experimental but it's clear that it seems to be a DIY project in that
repo.
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