Public bug reported:
I am using Kubuntu 12.10 32bit in a german version.
The man-page (german) of make-kpkg is from 2002 and have one wrong and some
incomplete informations.
I don't know how to check the original english version of the man-page to check
if it is a translation or a generel problem.
1. wrong information
The man-page tell that there is a need to run make-kpkg as root (what is extrem
risky!), with fakeroot or to tell him by parameter how to become (fakeroot)
root.
I tested it myself. From userside there is no need to tell make-kpkg how to
become root or to run it as (fake)root. Because make-kpkg handle it for itself.
I checked it. All files in my created deb are with root-rights without running
make-kpkg as (fake)root.
Just cancle this infor.
2. missing and incomplite configuration
Two usual usecases for make-kpkg:
a) The configuration of the kernel is completely missing.
b) The configuration is from an older kernel-version and some new-options there
are unset. So the config is incomplete.
How does make-kpkg behave in such situations? The man-page-described behaviour
is unclear and maybe wrong. (I need more time to test it myself.)
The author or code-maintainer should be contacted to clearing this questions
and bring the man-page to a real state.
** Affects: gst-plugins-ugly0.10 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: kernel make manpage
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man make-kpkg not uptodate
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