Re: [vox-tech] I got 2.6 working!

[Ken Bloom <kabloom@ucdaMAPSvis.edu>]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 11:47:28PM -0800, Ken Bloom wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:46:19PM -0800, Ted Deppner wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:15:02PM -0800, Ken Bloom wrote:
> > > 2) Incremental Rebuilts (in Debian)
> > > ===================================================
> > > I figured out how to do this, and I do it by removing most of the  
> > > process from make-kpkg's control.
> > > in /etc/kernel-pkg.conf, I have the line
> > > do_clean :=no
> > 
> > do_clean isn't honored because the debian/rules file overrides it.
> > Second, the rules file actually references a stock version of itself in
> > /usr/lib (I think) that again overrides the setting.
> 
> Is this a rule that applies to woody (I noticed your comment further
> down)? I use sid, and it seems to work for me. (It didn't try to clean
> up after it finished compiling)
> 
> > If you edit the debian/rules file to use itself instead of the lib
> > version, the local do_clean setting will be honored.  I monkeyed with
> > this for quite a bit the first time through.
> > 
> > > make-kpkg --append-to-version=-1ken --revision=1 make_kpkg
> > > I don't know how well this works for upgrades between versions (like  
> > > upgrading from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2) or how well it works if you change the  
> > > EXTRAVERSION, but this is a good start.
> > 
> > Can't jump kernel versions without editing a few files in debian/ (it'll
> > complain on build), don't recall precisely which, but it was only a few.
> > It's usually easier just to start from scratch, rerun make-kpkg, copy in
> > your .config and make oldconfig.
> > 
> > Remember the kernel version is part of the package name, so 2.6.1 is one
> > package, and 2.6.2 is a totally different package.  Both can be
> > installed simultaneously.  (same with your --append-to-version names).
> > 
> > > make-kpkg isn't smart enough to do an incremental build by itself, it  
> > > appears.
> > 
> > It is, but not out of the box in Woody.
> 
> On sid, I was getting errors about version numbers in various places.
> Do I perhaps need to edit the version number in all of the files in
> debian/ to make it work?
> 

Having forgotten some stuff for DMA, I just recompiled *again*, and I
will say with confidence that the way to recompile only those things
that have changed is:

rm -rf stamp-* debian/
make-kpkg ... 

and make-kpkg you can use whatever options you want, you can even
change the --append-to-version, the --revision, or even have patched
up to the next verison of the kernel.


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