Bug#446039: madwifi-source: won't complie under 2.6.23

Kel Modderman kel at otaku42.de
Wed Oct 10 07:49:27 UTC 2007


severity 446039 wishlist
tags 446039 pending
thanks

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:37:24 pm R E Riding wrote:
> Package: madwifi-source
> Version: 1:0.9.3.2-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
>
> after configuring and making kernel 2.6.23 using
> make-kpkg, "make-kpkg --added-modules madwifi modules"
> fails with the following error:
>
> # Build modules
> /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/modules/madwifi modules \
>         KERNELPATH=/usr/src/linux-2.6.23 KERNELRELEASE=2.6.23
> KERNELCONF=/usr/src/linux-2.6.23/.config make[3]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/modules/madwifi'
> Checking requirements... ok.
> Checking kernel configuration... ok.
> /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.23 SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/madwifi
> modules make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23'
>   CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath.o
>   CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath_pci.o
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> In file included from
> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/../net80211/if_media.h:44, from
> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath_pci.c:61:
> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/../net80211/ieee80211_linux.h:532: warning:
> 'struct file_operations' declared inside parameter
> list/usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/../net80211/ieee80211_linux.h:532:
> warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is
> probably not what you want make[6]: ***
> [/usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath_pci.o] Error 1
> make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath] Error 2
> make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/madwifi] Error 2
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23'
> make[3]: *** [modules] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/madwifi'
> make[2]: *** [binary-modules] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/madwifi'
> make[1]: *** [kdist_build] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/madwifi'
> Module /usr/src/modules/madwifi failed.
>
>
> The madwifi modules still compile under 2.6.22.9, ruling out
> the recent upgrade to gcc-4.2.2-1 (I think).

The package is not broken, an upstream kernel version not yet packaged in 
debian is not compatible with it, adjusting severity accordingly.

Thanks for notification, pkg-madwifi svn has been prepared for 2.6.23 for a 
few weeks now, and just needs a tag and upload. I guess we have to add an 
extra Closes: now too.

Thanks, Kel.





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