[Pkg-ofed-devel] Why is debhelper (>= 7.0) required

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Guy Coates <gmpc at sanger.ac.uk> writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Guy Coates <gmpc at sanger.ac.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering why most of the ofed packages require debhelper (>=
>>>> 7.0). I need backports for etch and that means backporting dpkg,
>>>> debhelper, man-db and maybe more. Is 7.0 really needed or is that just
>>>> there because stable has it?
>>>
>>> It is there because dh_make automatically put it there when I created the
>>> packages. I think you can back the version down without any problems. You will
>>> need to edit debian/compat too.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>>> AFAIK, the only other thing that you might need to change is the  ./configure
>>> line in the rules file for the ofa-kernel-source package; some of the modules
>>> may not build correctly against the 2.6.18 kernel.  (I have not tested with the
>>> etch 2.6.24 kernel, but I suspect you will have better luck with that.)
>>>
>>> You will also need to grab the libibverbs, librdmacm1, libmthca1, libmlx4-1 and
>>> libcxgb3-1 packages from lenny too.
>> 
>> We have the reverse problem. Out kernel is too new and the old libs
>> don't work with that.
>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Guy
>> 
>> MfG
>>         Goswin
> Ahh ,OK. What kernel are you using; I think kernels >= 2.6.27 should
> have the OFED 1.4 kernel bit in mainline, so you will not need the
> ofa-kernel package at all.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy

I believe it is a 2.6.27+ kernel. I just got the job from my boss to
backport ofed after he got the error.

MfG
        Goswin