[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#445075: nvidia-kernel-source: gcc-4.1 is needed by the makefile but is not depended upon

[Sven Joachim]

Felipe Sateler <fsateler at gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday 03 October 2007 04:07:00 Sven Joachim wrote:
>
>> The Nvidia module must be compiled with the same compiler as the
>> kernel it is built for, a dependency on a specific GCC version would
>> be wrong.
>>
>> > Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-felipe (PREEMPT)
>>
>> Which was built with what compiler (look in /proc/version)?  From the
>> m-a messages I suspect it's gcc-4.1.
>
> Indeed, 4.1 it is. Maybe linux-headers-<kvers> should Recommend the version 
> used to compile it,

The official Debian linux-header-<kvers> packages actually _depend_ on
it.  Don't know about home-brewn packages generated with make-kpkg.

> or is this an nvidia-specific requirement?

No, this holds for all modules, AFAIK.

Cheers,
       Sven