Hi Elemer On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 07:16:13PM +0200, Nagy Elemer Karoly wrote: > > Dear Debian, > > Leaving this package out from Etch maked my life considerebly different. > I had no idea how to apply the vserver patches later found by > cat /usr/src/kernel-patches/all//2.6.18/debian/series/* | grep vserver > after doing > apt-get install linux-tree-2.6.18 > and as the stock kernel was not booting, I was fighting with > fs/built-in.o: In function `version_read_proc': > proc_misc.c:(.text+0x3b3e2): undefined reference to `vx_linux_banner' > make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18' > make: *** [debian/stamp-build-kernel] Error 2 > for a while before discovering the solution. > (Stock vserver kernel would not boot).
Why can't you use the vserver enabled kernels provided? > Please > a) Revive the package with some documentation or at least pointers (my > blog is http://www.kwu.hu/blog.php, if you don't have anything better). > b) Nag the kernel team to release linux-source-vserver-2.6.18 and > linux-source-xen-vserver-2.6.18 etc so people with less time/knowledge/etc > can compile their own kernel > c) Nag the vserver team to include some hints about the patches needed for > Debian vserver > d) Add a sanity check to the compile script (vserver patch? as a kernel > bugfix patch?) that returns a feasible error message "#ERROR You need > to apply server-version.patch, too!" that is comprehensible (and at > compile time, not at linking time). > e) All of the above > f) Something else First I need to know what the purpose, so I know why you need to compile your own version of the kernel. After that I can find some good solution. > g) Tell me where to re-send this e-mail (I know it might not be a > security issue in the stricter sense - but users abadoning vservers > because this problem is security-related in my mind). Well that is not related to security... :) Regards, // Ola > Regards > Elemer > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://opalsys.net/ UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
