[Vmware-package-maintainers] Bug#437401: vmware-package: kernel modules do not build with kernel-package and vanilla kernel

[Marc Haber]

Package: vmware-package
Version: 0.11
Severity: normal

Hi,

I have not yet been able to build any kernel modules since the new,
python-written vmware-package was uploaded to unstable. Build of the
kernel module .deb fails, regardless of whether I use
vmware-kernel-source or vmware-any-any-kernel-source.

I build with make-kpkg modules_image from a vanilla kernel directory
(non-Debian sources). When I use vmware-any-any, I see that the build
process uses the "standalone build system", which I have never been
able to successfully complete.

The vmware-package that I used to maintain before I gave up the
package to the current maintainership had to patch vmware-any-any to
force it to use the "2.6.x kernel build system", which succeeds with
my build process.

It would probably be helpful if I could see a typescript of a
successful process of building a kernel and corresponding
vmware-kernel modules so that I can find out what goes wrong on my
systems.

Currently, the rewritten vmware-package is a regression for me, I
cannot use it.

Greetings
Marc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.1-scyw00225 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vmware-package depends on:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.3-7    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper                     5.0.53     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  dpkg-dev                      1.14.5     package building tools for Debian
ii  fakeroot                      1.7.1      Gives a fake root environment
ii  file                          4.21-2     Determines file type using "magic"
ii  make                          3.81-3     The GNU version of the "make" util
ii  module-assistant              0.10.11    tool to make module package creati
ii  python                        2.4.4-6    An interactive high-level object-o

vmware-package recommends no packages.

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