[Bug 90283] Re: make-kpkg with ubuntu sources creates gigantic package

[Matt Price]

On Fri, 2007-04-05 at 19:33 +0000, bugmenot wrote:
> also having the same problem:
> 
> installed feisty from desktop cd, normal options.  did not do any apt-
> get upgrades. apt-got openssh-server, vim-full and samba, plus sysv-rc-
> conf, then:
> 
> 1. apt-get install ncurses-dev kernel-package linux-source build-essential gawk linux-kernel-devel
> 2. cd /usr/src
> 3. tar jzxvf linux-source-2.6.20.tar.bz2
> 4. ln -sf linux-source-2.6.20 linux
> 5. cd linux
> 6. uname -r ==> 2.6.20-15-generic
> 7. cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config
> 8. make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom01 kernel_image kernel_headers
> 9. du -sh ../linux-image*.deb
> 226M    ../linux-image-2.6.20.3-ubuntu1-custom01_2.6.20.3-ubuntu1-custom01-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> 
there's a workaround for this:

cd /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20
grep -i debug .config

then change all the CONFIG_XXX_DEBUG=Y entries to
# CONFIG_XXX_DEBUG is not set

and recompile.  of course if for some reason you need some debug output
you have to be more careful.  nonetheless this remains a bug, anyone on
kernel-team want to fix it?  or are you guys so adamantly opposed to
users compiling kernels that you are leaving it this way on purpose?
(it's an honest question, even if it sounds a little hostile).


matt

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Matt Price
History Dept
University of Toronto
matt.price at utoronto.ca

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make-kpkg with ubuntu sources creates gigantic package
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