Kernel 2.6.29 make-kpkg issue

[Mihai Tanasescu]

Mihai Tanasescu wrote:
> Hi  all,
>
>
> Has anyone successfully generated a .deb package for the 2.6.29 kernel ?
>
> I'm trying to build one on my current Ubuntu 8.10 and I'm getting this:
>
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.29.1# make-kpkg --initrd --revision=386 --subarch 
> 386 kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image
>
> exec debian/rules  DEBIAN_REVISION=386  KPKG_SUBARCH=386  INITRD=YES  
> kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 3: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
> [: 1: 2: unexpected operator
>
> ====== making target CONFIG-common [new prereqs: testdir]======
>
> ====== making target CONFIG-common [new prereqs: stamp-conf]======
> This is kernel package version 11.001-0.1.
> ====== making stamp-arch-conf because of  ======
>
> ====== making target CONFIG-arch [new prereqs: stamp-arch-conf]======
> ====== making target conf.vars [new prereqs: Makefile .config]======
>
> Makefile:529: /usr/src/linux-2.6.29.1/arch/xen/Makefile: No such file 
> or directory
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target 
> `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29.1/arch/xen/Makefile'.  Stop.
> make: *** [conf.vars] Error 2
>
> The Xen part seems the most troubling.
>
> Did anyone else run into this and has a potential solve ?
>
> (Removing Xen does the job..but I would like to also have support for it)
>
> P.S. Making the kernel by hand with make bzImage also doesn't give any 
> errors.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mihai
>
Adding --arch i386 to the make-kpkg commands seems to solve it (also 
deleting the debian/changelog which had been created before).

Seems to have solved this.

Perhaps someone runs into the same issue in the future and finds this 
useful.