Bug#375006: [Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#375006: build with kernel headers / module-assistant

[Amaya]

Hi there, Pato Loco!

martin f krafft wrote:
> Modules need not build against the kernel source, those that do are
> likely to be broken. All a module needs to build are the kernel
> headers.

I tried, but the kernel headers do not have the files I need:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341279

I honestly didn't want to get into a fight with Sven, so I just dropped
the issue.

> lirc cannot be built with just the kernel headers (or using
> module-assistant for that matter). This seems somewhat related to #304388).

Definitely:

> Makefile:1: /etc/lirc/lirc-modules-source.conf: Permission denied
> cut: modules/*.ko.KVERS: No such file or directory

Should we merge, file a bug on kernel-headers, retitle and declare a
blocking dependency?

Thanks for reporting this.

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