On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 07:50:35PM +0200, David Paleino wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:43:39 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > Le jeudi 11 septembre 2008 à 19:23 +0200, David Paleino a écrit : > > > > One of the issues I’m wondering about is: how do you ensure you always > > > > have the kernel headers for the installed kernels? > > > > > > Some kind of check inside DKMS? In the end, that's a Bash script, and the > > > Debian maintainer (i.e. me, in this case) could just maintain a patch for > > > this (or just issue a warning at the kernel post-inst hook looking like > > > "Hey, if you do not install linux-headers-foo, you won't be able to use > > > these modules: foo bar baz buz"). > > > > Yes, and if dkps depends on linux-headers-2.6-$subarch, that will do the > > trick at least for the default kernel. (Depending on just > > linux-headers-2.6 is not enough, since linux-headers-2.6.xx-y-$subarch > > provides it). > > With "-foo" I meant "-x.x-y-$arch" ;) > > Sorry for abbreviating! > > > > Or, better, DKMS as an "autoinstall" option in its configuration file: we > > > could use a kernel postinst hook to check this value, and if it's set to > > > yes (or true, or 1, or whatever), auto-download and install > > > kernel-headers. > > > Would this be acceptable? > > > > You’d run into the same issue as module-assistant has: a package being > > installed cannot launch installation of other packages. > > Uhm, right. > I believe there could be a margin of improvement here for apt-get: > > 1) apt-get install linux-image-2.6-blabla > 2) ...installation goes... > 3) the postinst hook sets an "APT flag" (something like: "please rerun because > you still have things to do") with some "action" (i.e. "mark package FOO for > installation) > 4) apt-get checks if there are any flags set, and if so, acts consequently.
Do you actually have a working build system? Must you have a build system on every host? What is the name of the generated deb package? Can two packages of different kernel architectures liv in the same system? 2.6.26-1-486 and 2.6.26-1-686 . -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
