David Madore wrote: > I'm trying to compile a Debian kernel package from "unstable" (on a > "testing" system) using dpkg-buildpackage, with a few minor changes to > the config file. I've upgraded a few packages (such as kernel-package > and dh-kpatches) to "unstable", so testing should not be the problem.
Okay. Should work fine. I did that myself just yesterday. > I run "apt-get source linux-image-2.6.12-1-686-smp", I edit the > debian/changelog file slightly and the config file > debian/arch/i386/config as needed. I also needed to change the modes > of the files in debian/bin because for some reason they were not > marked as executable (why is that???). Hmm... You are doing too much. You are trying to handle the kernel package as if it were a normal Debian package. But it is not. The kernel packages are built quite differently. They don't use the same tools as a normal package build. > After this I try "dpkg-buildconfig -rfakeroot" from the base source > directory, and the following occurs: Kernel packages are built using the 'fakeroot make-kpkg' command. > I don't understand at all what this error means. How am I supposed to > build this package? What is wrong, here? > > A pointer to any kind of HOWTO or clear documentation would be > welcome. You want this reference: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Here is the process to build the new kernel in a very small nutshell. Read the docs for details. cd /usr/src tar xjf kernel-source-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2 cd kernel-source-X.Y.Z cp /boot/config-X.Y.Z-1-686-smp .config make menuconfig fakeroot make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version -1+1-686-smp --revision 1.1 kernel_image modules_image cd /usr/src sudo dpkg -i kernel-image-X.Y.Z-1+1-686-smp_*.deb Bob
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