Package: kmod Version: 20-1 The file http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_20.orig.tar.xz is not actually the original source code, and the kmod API documentation is missing from the packages built from it.
File sha256sum http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/k/kmod/kmod_20.orig.tar.xz 591d729557cf2fcaa434534f7f55f096592f459cfb33501791424076d077295e https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-20.tar.xz 89c1a1a2193c31f9ebe582640bfa2bd401341dc24119f5a7f702588116fadaa0 Several files in the kernel.org version are missing from the Debian version, including kmod-20/libkmod/docs/gtk-doc.make and kmod-20/libkmod/docs/Makefile.in. The package as originally written is supposed to contain API documentation in HTML format. When built from the Debian source this documentation is missing. If, however, before executing dpkg-source -x, the genuine kmod-20.tar.xz from kernel.org is copied as kmod_20.orig.tar.xz and the hashes in kmod_20-1.dsc adjusted accordingly, the resulting kmod_20-1_amd64.deb *does* contain the API documentation; it is under /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libkmod-3. Surely the Debian version of the tarball should be identical to the kernel.org original, and any Debianising patching performed through the agency of kmod_20-1.debian.tar.xz. It should not be necessary to refer back to kernel.org to get the complete package including all files needed to build the API documentation. Further, and obviously, the documentation being missing from the Debian package is a thorough pain to anyone wanting to write code using the API. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons - - Pigeon's Nest: http://pigeonsnest.co.uk/ GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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