[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#523716: Bug#523716: nvidia-kernel-source: fails to build

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 09:54:20AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> tags 523716 + patch
> thanks
> 
> On 2009-04-12 05:51 +0200, Avery Fay wrote:
> 
> > Package: nvidia-kernel-source
> > Version: 180.44-1
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> >
> > from m-a build:
> >
> > /usr/bin/make -C . LINUXDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.28-1-amd64/build KVERREL=2.6.28-1-amd64 clean
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
> > rm -rf *.o *.ko .depend .*.flags .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c .tmp_versions
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
> > dh_clean
> > /usr/bin/make  -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
> > /usr/bin/make -C . LINUXDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.28-1-amd64/build KVERREL=2.6.28-1-amd64 clean
> > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
> > dh_clean
> > dh_clean: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory
> >
> > make[1]: *** [kdist_clean] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
> > make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2
> 
> Here is a quick patch that works for me:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> --- debian.binary/rules~	2009-04-12 09:25:15.000000000 +0200
> +++ debian.binary/rules	2009-04-12 09:32:02.362270866 +0200
> @@ -94,6 +94,6 @@
>  # other kdist_commands (except for the .deb files created).
>  kdist_clean: 
>  	$(MAKE) -C . LINUXDIR=$(KSRC) KVERREL=$(KVERS) clean
> -	dh_clean
> +	-dh_clean
>  
>  .PHONY: clean binary-modules
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> However, it seems that the module does not build against kernels older
> than 2.6.29 (subject to another bug report).

Compiles fine on 2.6.26-1-686 and 2.6.26-1-686-bigmem for me.
Well subject to the dealing with the missing control file (which my
patch had fixed in it, but must have been lost somewhere when the final
package was put together).

-- 
Len Sorensen