Hi there! This was me, and yes, it was unclear. The short version is that I was sent two patches to test on a kernel, and I had NO idea how to do that.
I first tried installing linux-source (which doesn't have a debian subfolder from what I could tell), but then learned that actually what I needed to do was run `apt source linux`. I didn't know that all I needed to do was go to the root of that directory and use test-patches in debian/bin/test-patches. When I finally managed to get the test kernel compiled, I couldn't install it, either via apt or dpkg. I was told that apt would take care of removing the dependencies causing the conflict, but it didn't. DKMS wasn't triggered, it was a mess. I really appreciate the work that goes into making kernel builds painless, but there are some missing steps. $ apt source linux $ cd linux-*/ $ debian/bin/test-patches -j14 /path/to/patch At this point, everything is fine. But try installing the resulting .deb(s) with either apt or dpkg, and you'll get a whole host of errors and not know what to do. Really unclear for end users trying to help by testing. On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:41:55 +0200 Diederik de Haas <didi.deb...@cknow.org> wrote: > Package: debian-kernel-handbook > Version: 1.0.20 > Severity: normal > > In https://bugs.debian.org/1022025#37 I saw another example of someone > who hadn't built a kernel before, found the proper instructions but > didn't succeed in building a (patched) kernel. > > All it took to succeed was some light guidance. And I know that when I > was at that stage, I had similar problems. > > This bug is intended to collect the experiences/problems/etc that > newbies run into, which in turn allows us/me to improve the > documentation for everyone. > > I do intend to submit a MR to improve it, but first we need to collect > the issues newbies run into, which will be done in this bug. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bookworm/sid > APT prefers unstable-debug > APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), > (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > debian-kernel-handbook depends on no packages. > > Versions of packages debian-kernel-handbook recommends: > ii firefox [www-browser] 106.0-1 > ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 102.4.0esr-1 > ii konqueror [www-browser] 4:21.12.3-1 > ii qutebrowser [www-browser] 2.5.2-1 > ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3+git20220429-1+b1 > > debian-kernel-handbook suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > >
