[Fwd: Re: the extraversion problem]

[Marvin Stodolsky]

Problem resolved.

If the Unbuntu 
 linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3/Makefile
is edited to:
  EXTRAVERSION =
and the original
 linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3-686/.extraversion
    -3-686
edited to
    .1-3--686
Then after compilation of the drivers and
#  make install
the drivers are properly installed to:
lib
`-- modules
    `-- 2.6.8.1-3-386
        `-- extra
            |-- lt_modem.ko
            `-- lt_serial.ko

Thus the Debian Bug 285359   against kernel-build can be  dropped,
Note that in in the Ubuntu packages  linux-headers-2.6.8.1 and 
linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3-686
 there is assignment:
   Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel at lists.debian.org>
so please transfer the Bug Report to those packages

The problem resides purely in the inappropriate split of  EXTRAVERSION  into
EXTRAVERSION = .1
in linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3/Makefile
and -3-686
in linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3-686/.extraversion

Credit to,

Alexei Chentsov <chentsov at univ.kiev.ua>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: the extraversion problem
Date: 	Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:26:33 +0200
From: 	Alexei Chentsov <chentsov at univ.kiev.ua>
To: 	Marvin Stodolsky <marvstod at rcn.com>
CC: 	Mark Spieth <mark at dclabs.com.au>
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I couldn't find kernel-headers-2.6.8.1-3*. It seems to be included in Ubuntu
which doesn't provide packages on the net.

I will talk about unstable debian packages kernel-headers-2.6.8-1*. I get
familiarized with them. They look Ok. Extra version is taken from
'.extraversion' file provided by kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-X package. But this
happens only if EXTRAVERSION in major Makefile is empty:
---
ifeq ($(EXTRAVERSION),)
EXTRAVERSION := $(shell [ ! -f .extraversion ] || cat .extraversion)
endif
---

I assume those problems were due to either Ubuntu making a mess or manual
editing of Makefile when
EXTRAVERSION was set to .1.

Marvin if you won't mind send the Makefile in question.

Regards.