Bug#323702: linux-headers-2.6.12-1: recursive symlinks prevent module-assistant from building modules
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 08:08:52PM -0400, Paul Kuliniewicz wrote: linux-headers-2.6.12-1 ships recursive symlinks in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386, as shown: I don't know where you get this package, but the version from my mirror don't contains this symlinks: | $ dpkg-deb -c /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.12-1_2.6.12-5_i386.deb | grep -- - | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:43:59 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1/include/asm - asm-i386 | $ md5sum /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.12-1_2.6.12-5_i386.deb | 88f29ecefb3ff4c079ba336a68c4d5fa /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.12-1_2.6.12-5_i386.deb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386$ ls -l total 56 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 17 18:47 Kconfig - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 Aug 17 18:47 Kconfig.debug - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Aug 17 18:47 Makefile - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Makefile drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 crypto drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 kernel drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-default drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-es7000 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-generic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-visws drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-voyager drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 math-emu drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 oprofile drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 pci drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 power This directory listing don't match the package: | $ dpkg-deb -c /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686_2.6.12-5_i386.deb|grep arch/i386 | drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/ | drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/kernel/ | -rw-r--r-- root/root 2224 2005-08-16 23:16:47 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile - ../../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/Kconfig - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/Makefile - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Makefile | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/boot - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/boot | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/crypto - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/crypto | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/lib - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/lib | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/mach-default - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/mach-default | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/mach-es7000 - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/mach-es7000 | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/mach-generic - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/mach-generic | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/mach-visws - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/mach-visws | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/mach-voyager - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/mach-voyager | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/math-emu - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/math-emu | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/mm - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/mm | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/oprofile - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/oprofile | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55 ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/pci - ../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/pci | lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-08-17 01:51:55
Bug#323702: linux-headers-2.6.12-1: recursive symlinks prevent module-assistant from building modules
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:55:12AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 08:08:52PM -0400, Paul Kuliniewicz wrote: linux-headers-2.6.12-1 ships recursive symlinks in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386, as shown: I don't know where you get this package, but the version from my mirror don't contains this symlinks: Hmm. I purged the packages, deleted the cached .debs, and re-installed, and now everything looks to be as it should be. I'm not sure what had happened there. I think I had version -2 of the .deb and then upgraded it to -5, but I don't remember for sure. Everything seems to be working now, so I guess you can close this bug. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#323702: linux-headers-2.6.12-1: recursive symlinks prevent module-assistant from building modules
Package: linux-headers-2.6.12-1
Version: 2.6.12-5
Severity: normal
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linux-headers-2.6.12-1 ships recursive symlinks in
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386, as shown:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386$ ls -l
total 56
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 17 18:47 Kconfig -
../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 Aug 17 18:47 Kconfig.debug -
../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Aug 17 18:47 Makefile -
../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Makefile
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 crypto
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 kernel
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-default
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-es7000
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-visws
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-voyager
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 math-emu
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 oprofile
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 pci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 power
linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686 has symlinks to these recursive symlinks:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386$ ls -l
total 56
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 17 18:47 Kconfig -
../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 Aug 17 18:47 Kconfig.debug -
../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Aug 17 18:47 Makefile -
../../../linux-headers-2.6.12-1/arch/i386/Makefile
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 crypto
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 kernel
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-default
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-es7000
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-visws
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mach-voyager
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 math-emu
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 mm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 oprofile
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 pci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 17 18:47 power
When module-assistant tries to build a module for this kernel, the build
fails because it tries to dereference this recursive symlink. Here's a
build log from trying to build ieee80211-source;
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f build-arch-stamp build-indep-stamp configure-stamp
rm -rf modules
/usr/bin/make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211'
/usr/bin/make -C driver clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211/driver'
rm -f *.mod.c *.mod *.o *.ko .*.cmd .*.flags *.lst *~ .#*
rm -rf /usr/src/modules/ieee80211/driver/tmp .tmp_versions
for file in *.{c,h} net/*.h; do \
if [ -e $file ]; then \
sed -i -e s:\ *$::g -e s:\t*$::g $file; \
fi \
done
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211/driver'
dh_clean
/usr/bin/make -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211'
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f build-arch-stamp build-indep-stamp configure-stamp
rm -rf modules
/usr/bin/make clean
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `clean'. Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211'
make[1]: [clean] Error 2 (ignored)
/usr/bin/make -C driver clean
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211/driver'
rm -f *.mod.c *.mod *.o *.ko .*.cmd .*.flags *.lst *~ .#*
rm -rf /usr/src/modules/ieee80211/driver/tmp .tmp_versions
for file in *.{c,h} net/*.h; do \
if [ -e $file ]; then \
sed -i -e s:\ *$::g -e s:\t*$::g $file; \
fi \
done
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211/driver'
dh_clean
/usr/bin/gcc-4.0
for templ in ; do \
cp $templ `echo $templ | sed -e 's/_KVERS_/2.6.12-1-686/g'` ; \
done
for templ in `ls debian/*.modules.in` ; do \
test -e ${templ%.modules.in}.backup || cp ${templ%.modules.in}
${templ%.modules.in}.backup 2/dev/null || true; \
sed -e 's/##KVERS##/2.6.12-1-686/g ;s/#KVERS#/2.6.12-1-686/g ;
s/_KVERS_/2.6.12-1-686/g ; s/##KDREV##/2.6.12-5/g ; s/#KDREV#/2.6.12-5/g ;
s/_KDREV_/2.6.12-5/g' $templ ${templ%.modules.in}; \
done
export DH_OPTIONS='-pieee80211-modules-2.6.12-1-686'
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
# Build the module
/usr/bin/make -C driver KSRC=/usr/src/linux KVER=2.6.12-1-686
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ieee80211/driver'
/usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/linux
