Package: module-assistant Version: 0.10.11 Severity: wishlist Hi,
module-assistant is a great tool and really simplifies the process of building modules. However if am trying to build a module against an old kernel, built when a different version of gcc was default, the version magic in the module is different to that which the kernel requires, and so the module wont load. To fix this I look up the version required using modinfo on another module in the target /lib directory and then call CC=gcc-4.0 m-a as required. It would be great if module assistant could do this for me. The error message in this case is pretty obscure, and so others may give up before working out the fix. I don't know how to extract the version of gcc used to compile a kernel from a non-running kernel though. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-rc4twitch1 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages module-assistant depends on: ii libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-5 internationalized substitute of Te ii perl 5.8.8-7 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]
