Package: module-assistant Version: 0.10.7 Severity: normal The option -I takes a "List of kernel version strings (as in KVERS)" according to the man page. The meaning and format of KVERS is never explained. I thought I might find it in the make-kpkg man page, referenced at the bottom of module-assistant's man page. It doesn't seem to be there.
uname -v says it gives the kernel version, but it says #1 SMP Fri Aug 18 20:11:58 UTC 2006 which seems unlikely to be what's wanted. Specifically, I guess the string is 2.6.16-2-k7-smp or some close transformation, maybe omitting some info (e.g., 2.6.16?). (I know the smp is obsolescent). Please say exactly what the format and level of detail is. Ah... /usr/share/doc/kernel-packages/README.modules actually references KVERS, and also points you to /usr/share/doc/kernel-packages/README.gz. I'm not entirely sure what's going on even after reading those 2. What I'm looking for is something like this: "If you are using a packaged debian kernel with a name like linux-image-2.6.16-2-k7-smp then KVERS is the whole last part of the name: 2.6.16-2-k7-smp. If you have built a package using make-kpkg then the kernel version is the concatenation of (?) and the --append-to-version argument, but not the --revision argument. If you look at the name of the resulting deb, you can apply the same rule as in the previous paragraph. If you built the kernel from non-Debian sources, then you're probably not the kind to use module-assistant :) And you probably know exactly what KVERS is (??)." In general, the documentation leaves me wondering about exactly how much magic is supposed to happen--for example, I would like to build some modules for a kernel that I have yet to install. Will it just pull in what's necessary, or do I need to help out? But I think this general concern is already covered by #387607. Thanks for developing this tool. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (40, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-k7-smp Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages module-assistant depends on: ii libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-5 internationalized substitute of Te ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages module-assistant recommends: ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-1 Using libc functions for internati -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
