[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#355411: linux-wlan-ng-source: Missing debian/tmp/lib when building

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 08:27:01PM +0100, Eric Valette wrote:
> Steve Langasek wrote:
> > severity 355411 important
> > thanks

> > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 03:46:09PM +0100, Eric Valette wrote:

> >>Package: linux-wlan-ng-source
> >>Version: 0.2.4+svn20060128-1
> >>Severity: grave
> >>Justification: renders package unusable

> >>When building with make-kpkg, I get:

> >>make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/linux-wlan-ng-source'
> >>dh_install -Xrc.d
> >>cp: cannot stat `./debian/tmp/lib/': No such file or directory
> >>dh_install: command returned error code 256

> >>Note : I've seen you already closed such a bug by suggesting adding PCMCIA
> >>support. I use it to build a USB/Wireless driver and do not want to add
> >>PCMCAI to my kernel and I'm not prompted to remove PCMCIA either.

> > If I understand correctly, you're saying that this problem occurs only when
> > using your local kernel which does not have PCMCIA enabled.  If it works
> > with the official Debian kernel packages, then there's no reason this should
> > be "grave".

> > Correct me if I've misunderstood.

> How many people use src packages with the official Debian kernel binary
> packages where the binary is available?

Huh?  If you want linux-wlan-ng kernel modules for use with the official
Debian kernels, you have to build them using linux-wlan-ng-source.
Therefore, if this problem does not occur with the official Debian kernels,
linux-wlan-ng-source is not "unusable or mostly so"; it's usable by anyone
running the standard Debian kernels, and by anyone running non-standard
kernels if specific kernel options are turned on.  So unless I've
misunderstood something, this bug is not "grave".

> Problem is that nothing can be said to prevend generation of PCMIA
> related modules...

That's a valid request; it doesn't justify a grave-severity bug, though.

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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