On Sun, 2011-03-20 at 16:49 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> I am using upstream's build procedure for creating Linux kernel packages
> ("make deb-pkg"). For 2.6.38 it gives you these packages:
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> linux-firmware-image_2.6.38-1_amd64.deb
> linux-headers-2.6.38_2.6.38-1_amd64.deb
> linux-image-2.6.38_2.6.38-1_amd64.deb
> linux-libc-dev_2.6.38-1_amd64.deb
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> Problem: The run-parts scripts in /etc/kernel/postinst.d are run
> by the linux-image postinst script before the header files are
> installed. Of course this fails for the dkms script on the first
> installation of a new kernel version.
>
> Obviously the dkms script should not be run by the postinst script
> of linux-image, but of linux-headers. Shouldn't we distinguish
> between the hooks for linux-image and for linux-headers somehow?The headers package should invoke hook scripts in /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d (etc). dkms already installs a hook script there. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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