[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#554843: bullding pure binary deb packages for modules which do not depend on dkms

[Anthony L. Awtrey]

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Holger,

I know you really believe that, but this is exactly the point! It
isn't true now and hasn't been for over three years.

I know you can build a binary deb package using dkms like this:

dkms mkdeb -m open-vm-tools -v 2012.05.21 \
  --dkmsframework framework.conf --binaries-only

And if you dump out the deb package it builds, you will find this
control file in it:

Package: open-vm-tools-dkms
Version: 2012.05.21
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team
<pkg-dkms-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Installed-Size: 160
Depends: dkms (>= 1.95)
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Description: open-vm-tools driver in DKMS format.


This package depends in dkms, which further depends / recommends in
gcc, make, and all the kernel headers and debian package build
infrastructure.

I don't want any dependencies except on the kernel image that we are
building against. I want the *.ko files dropped into the proper
/lib/module/* kernel tree without requiring some kind of postinst
script that is causing the exact problem I'm trying to avoid!

I seriously give up. I will write my own solution. Thanks.

Tony
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Anthony L. Awtrey
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