On 2017-06-20 11:26 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:05:01PM +0200, Karsten Wemheuer wrote: >>Hi Darac, >> >>> It's a bug. The package tracker page for kernel-package >>> <https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kernel-package> states that >>> the package was removed from strech because the new version >>> introduced a new, serious-level bug: #848066. The bug was not fixed >>> in time for the release, so the package was dropped (it's still in >>> unstable, though, so it may return for buster). >> >>thanks for Your answer. If I understand You correctly, the package >>would not be available in "stretch". How should I build a custom kernel >>in stretch without this package? > > The Debian Hanbook > <https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official> > appears to recommend using upstream's tools. That is, the kernel now > comes with a "make deb-pkg" target.
In current kernels "make deb-pkg" also creates a source package which is very time-consuming. Unless one wants to distribute the built packages (and thus has to think about GPL compliance), it's better to use "make bindeb-pkg" which only creates binary packages. Cheers, Sven