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kernel-package package

fails to build kernel package from a git if uncommited modifications

Bug #650986 reported by sam tygier on 2010-09-29

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	kernel-package (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kernel-package

i am building a kernel from upstream git. i have an uncommitted modification in the kernel source.
fakeroot make-kpkg --jobs 4 --append-to-version=sam2 --initrd kernel_image

fails with:

dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=amd64 -isp \
-plinux-image-2.6.35-rc4-sam2+ -P/var/tmp/kernelsource/kernelorg/linux-2.6/debian/linux-image-2.6.35-rc4-sam2+/
dpkg-gencontrol: error: package linux-image-2.6.35-rc4-sam2+ not in control info
make[2]: *** [debian/stamp/binary/linux-image-2.6.35-rc4-sam2+] Error 255
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/kernelsource/kernelorg/linux-2.6'
make[1]: *** [debian/stamp/binary/pre-linux-image-2.6.35-rc4-sam2+] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/kernelsource/kernelorg/linux-2.6'
make: *** [kernel_image] Error 2

the patch in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/16447/comments/7
fixes this error and allows me to build

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: kernel-package 12.033 [modified: usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/kernel_version.mk]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 29 10:39:52 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100605)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kernel-package

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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote on 2010-09-29:

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description:

updated

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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote on 2010-09-30:

maybe that patch isn't enough. i am now using 12.036 from PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/ppa which seems to be working ok.

see Bug #58307

Thilo-Alexander Ginkel (thilo.ginkel) on 2011-03-22

Changed in kernel-package (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Thilo-Alexander Ginkel (thilo.ginkel) wrote on 2011-03-22:

I can confirm both the existence of this bug as well as the fact that 12.036 seems to solve the issue, which is good news as that versions seems to be what will be shipped with Natty.