[Vmware-package-maintainers] Bug#447134: vmware-package: please add option to pass target kernel version to m-a

[Tilman Koschnick]

Package: vmware-package
Version: 0.16
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

please add an option to make-vmpkg to build kernel modules for versions
other than the currently running kernel.

I have attached a patch which adds the new option -K/--kernelver to
achieve that.

Cheers, Til
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=== make-vmpkg
==================================================================
--- make-vmpkg	(revision 2)
+++ make-vmpkg	(local)
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
         sh('%s dpkg -i %s/%s' % (rootcmd, pkgdir, deb))
 
         log('building kernel modules')
-        sh('%s m-a -f -t -u %s a-b %s' % (rootcmd, pkgdir, pkg))
+        sh('%s m-a -f -t -l %s -u %s a-b %s' % (rootcmd, opt.kernelver, pkgdir, pkg))
         sh('%s rm -rf %s/usr_src %s/var_cache_modass' % (rootcmd, pkgdir, pkgdir))
 
         log('deinstalling kernel source package')
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@
         default=False,
         help='build kernel modules (requires root privileges)')
 
+    parser.add_option('-K', '--kernelver', dest='kernelver',
+        default=os.uname()[2],
+        help='kernel version to build modules for (defaults to running kernel)')
+
     parser.add_option('-l', '--localver', dest='localver',
         default='0',
         help='local version (appended to the upstream version)')
=== make-vmpkg.1
==================================================================
--- make-vmpkg.1	(revision 2)
+++ make-vmpkg.1	(local)
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 \fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kernel\fR
 build kernel modules (requires root privileges)
 .TP
+\fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-kernelver\fR=\fIVER\fR
+kernel version to build modules for (defaults to running kernel)
+.TP
 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-localver\fR=\fIVER\fR
 local version (appended to the upstream version)
 .TP