EXTRAVERSION issue in ltmodem driver installation

[Marvin Stodolsky]

This is a follow up to my email last week concerning  ltmodem driver 
installation .
The problem was now been more precisely localized to EXTRAVERSION 
specification,
per the BUGREPORT below submitted to Debian.  Please let me know what your
preferred fix is.

 A functional ltmodem-2.6.8.1-3-386_8.31a11_i686.deb will shortly
be available at ltmodem.heby.de for Ubuntu users. 
Feel free to also make it available somewhere Ubuntu too.

With a standard Ubuntu install I did all was FINE.
But an additional installation of  the gcc-3.3 pacakge did not set a 
symbolic link
/usr/bin/gcc --> /usr/bin/gcc-3.3
and that minor issue should be fixed.

MarvS
ltmodem co-maintainer
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Subject: kernel-kbuild-2.6-3: EXTRAVERSION acquisition for module 
installation
Package: kernel-kbuild-2.6-3
Version: 2.6.8-1
Severity: important
Tags: experimental sid



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages kernel-kbuild-2.6-3 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared 
libraries an

-- no debconf information
During a
   make install
a mis-installation of drivers can occur dependent upon the EXTRAVERSION
usage. 

For usage of many Debian kernel-header packages such as
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-1
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686
All is OK with the  compilation and installation of
Lucent modem drivers with the ltmodem.heby.de resouce ltmodem-8.31a11.tar.gz
of which I am co-maintainer
install:
    make $(EXTMOD_SWITCH)=`pwd` -C $(KERNEL_DIR) 
INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(ROOTDIR) modules_install
Seats drivers for example to:
/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-686/extra:
lt_modem.o   lt_serial.o 

/lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/extra:
lt_modem.ko  lt_serial.ko

But for a Ubunu User with kernel-header packages:
linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3 
linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3-386
   the install went INAPPROPRIATELY to:
/lib/modules/2.6.8.1/extra:
lt_modem.ko  lt_serial.ko
The compile was OK, as driver function was fine after a move
  2.6.8.1/ --> 2.6.8.1-3-386/

The version.h UTS was ok: 2.6.8.1-3-386
However the linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3/Makefile begins
VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 8
EXTRAVERSION = .1
and the install information is evidently taken therefrom,
and/or interfering with the read of the version.h UTS release

Because following an edit to:
EXTRAVERSION = .1-3-3-386
following by the compile and
  make install
The drivers did properly seat to:
/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386/extra:
lt_modem.ko  lt_serial.ko

Thus the problem may MERELY be one of EXTRAVERSION specification,
but I don't understand kernel-build well enough to judge

This problem is also being reported to the Ubunu developers,
but may be more general and hence this report to Debian too.

MarvStodolsky