0.svnr1457.20060228 and m-a | kernel-package dependency

Pascal DORMEAU pdormeau at free.fr
Sat Mar 4 14:59:54 UTC 2006


madwifi-ng-source does not strictly require to install m-a. However only 
using kernel-package failed for me using 'make-kpkg --added-modules 
madwifi-ng modules' since make-kpkg complains it cannot find the 
kdist_image target.
make-kpkg works fine if I install m-a.

Correct me if i am wrong but it seems that the kdist_image target is 
provided in the rules script through the 
/usr/share/modass/common-rules.make include. That implies (still correct 
me if i am wrong) that m-a is necessary for modules building with 
kernel-package and that alternative 2) 
(http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-madwifi-maintainers/2006-February/000197.html) 
would have been a better answer to bug #354000.

There is maybe a work around in the make-kpkg options (I did not find in 
the man page) for compiling the modules without m-a, but it becomes it 
little more complicated for a standard user like myself.

Pascal










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