[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#529038: dkms uses mkinitrd not mkinitramfs
Neil
neil.stewart at warwick.ac.uk
Sun May 17 12:19:52 UTC 2009
Package: dkms
Version: 2.0.22.0-0
Severity: important
Hello.
The dkms package in testing fails to install modules bcm5974-dkms (from
http://bitmath.org/git/bcm5974-dkms.git) and usbhid-dkms (from
http://bitmath.org/git/usbhid-dkms.git). The dkms .deb package from Dell
(at http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml installed these modules correctly.
The problem is that Debian testing dkms is trying to use mkinitrd and fails
as mkinitrd is not available in stable or testing. Dell dkms uses
mkinitramfs (which is available) and is successful.
Thank you for maintaining this package!
Best,
Neil.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to POSIX)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.25 Debian package development tools
ii gcc 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C compiler
ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii fakeroot 1.11 Gives a fake root environment
ii linux-headers-2.6-amd64 2.6.26+17+lenny1 Header files for Linux 2.6-amd64
ii linux-headers-2.6.26-2- 2.6.26-15lenny2 Header files for Linux 2.6.26-2-am
pi linux-image-2.6.26-1-am 2.6.26-13lenny2 Linux 2.6.26 image on AMD64
ii linux-image-2.6.26-2-am 2.6.26-15lenny2 Linux 2.6.26 image on AMD64
ii lsb-release 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base version report
ii menu 2.1.41 generates programs menu for all me
ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original
ii sudo 1.6.9p17-2 Provide limited super user privile
dkms suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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