From 50f62746a3d63e9adf11ab3a193488f5b2cdd5a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:01:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Improve README.modules * Suggest module-assistant auto-install in README.modules and be clearer that building one's own kernel is not required. Thanks, Anders Kaseorg and Lutz Goehring for suggestions. (LP: #295897) --- debian/README.modules | 19 ++++++++++++------- debian/changelog | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/README.modules b/debian/README.modules index 63f2c353d..26431af2e 100644 --- a/debian/README.modules +++ b/debian/README.modules @@ -25,16 +25,21 @@ module-assistant This method is the best one to use when using the kernels that come with Debian, since module-assistant knows how to get the right header files - to build modules for your currently running kernel. + to build modules for your currently running kernel. Generally, all you + should have to do is: - First, install module-assistant and then prepare the kernel headers and - install openafs-modules-source: + apt-get install module-assistant + module-assistant auto-install openafs + + This combines all of the following steps, taking the defaults. If you + want to do it more step-by-step, first prepare the kernel headers and + install openafs-modules-source with: apt-get install module-assistant module-assistant prepare openafs-modules - (If you want to build modules for a different kernel than your currently - running one, pass the -l flag to module-assistant. See the man page.) + If you want to build modules for a different kernel than your currently + running one, pass the -l flag to module-assistant. See the man page. module-assistant may be able to find the right packages itself or it may tell you to install particular packages. Once you've finished with that, build the module with: @@ -51,8 +56,8 @@ module-assistant make-kpkg - This method works well when you're also building your own kernel, rather - than using the pre-packaged Debian one. + This method may work better than module-assistant if you're also + building your own kernel rather than using the pre-packaged Debian one. Install a kernel source package and untar it in /usr/src. Then, install openafs-modules-source. diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index b02bdc205..db84f403c 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ openafs (1.4.7.dfsg1-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Mention libpam-afs-session instead of libpam-openafs-session in the description of libpam-openafs-kaserver, and mention libpam-krb5 by name. Thanks, Philipp Kaluza. (Closes: #501308) + * Suggest module-assistant auto-install in README.modules and be clearer + that building one's own kernel is not required. Thanks, Anders + Kaseorg and Lutz Goehring for suggestions. (LP: #295897) -- Russ Allbery Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:10:14 -0700 -- 2.39.5