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lirc package

lirc-modules-source build instructions not very clear

Bug #71325 reported by Msturm
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Bug Description

The package lirc-modules-source contains build instructions in the file /usr/src/modules/README. It is explained in this file how to build the kernel-modules using make-kpkg. However, according to other bug reports for ths package, it is easier to build the modules using module-assistent. Maybe it is an idea to describe the build process using this package. It also doesn't require a full kernel source tree, as is stated in the README.

It should recommend this procedure:

modules-assistant fakesource
sudo module-assistant --text-mode --kernel-dir /usr/src/linux-source-`uname -r` build lirc

It would have saved me a lot of time if I knew this procedure earlier.

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Msturm (msturm) wrote :

Oh, I notice that I have accidently filed this bug for the wrong package. It is a bug in lirc-modules-sourc and obviously not linux-source. Sorry.

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