#include <hallo.h> * Henning Makholm [Fri, Feb 18 2005, 09:13:26PM]: > Given the tendency of people like me to just repeat the procedures > that worked for 2.4, it might be a good idea for make-kpkg to check > whether the necessary files are present in the kernel tree (and warn > loudly if they are not) when one tries to build modules. On the other > hand I have no idea what would be involved in checking this, so it > might be probitively difficult.
It is difficult. Many modules need just the kernel build scripts (which are included in most kernel-headers package nowadays, either completely or shared with others via the kernel-kbuild package). Some other modules require more (header files from the core source or even whole source trees). Currently there is no see what the module-source really needs. Maintainers document that in README.Debian but nobody reads that. I have a request to implement some hocus-pocus in module-assistant to warn the users more loudly when the headers are insufficient. Regards, Eduard. -- Russian roulette for linux: [ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo "Still breathing, eh?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
