wacom-kernel-source would better be removed (fails to build + module is included in the kernel)

[ranson]

Binary package hint: wacom-kernel-source

If I try to install or reinstall wacom-kernel-source (0.7.2-0ubuntu7) under edgy, I get the following error:

Setting up wacom-kernel-source (0.7.2-0ubuntu7) ...
Building wacom modules for Linux 2.6.17-10-generic (this may take a few minutes)...dpkg: error processing wacom-kernel-source (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wacom-kernel-source
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up wacom-kernel-source (0.7.2-0ubuntu7) ...
Building wacom modules for Linux 2.6.17-10-generic (this may take a few minutes)...dpkg: error processing wacom-kernel-source (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wacom-kernel-source

[Joachim Beckers (jbeckers)]

I can confirm this on edgy/368

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

maybe it needs to be removed altogether, since the wacom driver is already included in the kernel.

[Joachim Beckers (jbeckers)]

I wouldn't do that. some posts on the linuxwacom mailing lists report that when the driver and the modules are out of sync, things will break (which seems obvious).

[Joachim Beckers (jbeckers)]

Timo, I guess you're right that the package would better be removed. I've been running the module that comes with the kernel for ages now, and it's completely stable. If there ever is a problem, a bug can be filed and the kernel module can be updated.

[Tomas Gustavsson (tomplast)]

I get a similar error but mine is also showing an incorrect path:

/usr/src/linux//include/linux/version.h

Notice the //

I don't know if I can change this manually or what will happend but it's starting to annoy me.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package wacom-tools - 1:0.7.9.3-2ubuntu1

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wacom-tools (1:0.7.9.3-2ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #134879, #136977, #174382, #175050).
    Remaining changes:
    - Bump the epoch because of old Ubuntu packaging.
    - debian/control:
      Change the Maintainer address.
    - debian/wacom.postinst:
      Remove old files.
    - debian/xserver-xorg-input-wacom.init.d, debian/rules:
      Initscript for serial devices.
  * Fix initscript to work with SysFS in 2.6.24. (LP: #177878)
  * debian/control: don't build wacom-kernel-source anymore. (LP: #71944)

wacom-tools (0.7.9.3-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Make xserver-xorg-input-wacom conflict/replace the earlier wacom-tools
    packages because the wacom.4 manpage has switched packages.
  * Generate a xserver-xorg-input-wacom.substvars file to manage the XOrg
    version provides and dependencies.

wacom-tools (0.7.9.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release, includes support for XOrg 7.3/1.4
    Closes: #442424, #443032
  * Don't overrun padkey_codes[] when iterating through it. Closes: #447681
  * Move the wacom(4) man page to the xserver-xorg-input-wacom package.
    Closes: #440164
  * Include the new text and translations courtesy of the Smith Review.
    With a big thanks to everyone who contributed to that!
    Closes: #443956, #444561, #444672, #444762, #445024, #445519, #445796
    Closes: #446135, #446402, #446440, #446576, #446717
  * Tidy the debian/copyright file. Closes: #451647
  * Add Provides: xserver-xorg-input-2 so the next X ABI transition will be
    a bit less painful for people.
  * Update the udev rules for new tablets. Lower-case the product ids since
    udev appears to be case sensitive doing string compares for hex values.
    Nice one guys.
  * Add a build-dep for pkg-config, it appears to have infected XOrg now too.

wacom-tools (0.7.7.11-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Include upstream documentation like the man page says we do.
    I guess nobody ever read it before ;-) Closes: #427689

wacom-tools (0.7.7.10-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Reapply the patch to fix 64/32 bit cross builds, that seems to have
    been lost or misapplied too.

wacom-tools (0.7.7.10-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Don't depend on the xorg module dir actually existing when
    --with-xmoduledir is used (again). This is an upstream regression
    to the patch submitted for 0.7.4.1-3. Closes: #427428

wacom-tools (0.7.7.10-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream version. Closes: #396883, #415244, #422532
  * Update vi.po, thanks to Clytie Siddall. Closes: #427020
  * Drop the external module package, upstream seems to be syncing fairly
    regularly with the mainstream kernel team again, so this should not
    be needed by most people, and causes confusion and trouble for the rest.
    Closes: #418008, #417140, #404471, #317287
  * Lintian now bitches about reusing DH_COMPAT for the source package, so
    I guess we now need to clutter the debian/ dir with files for each use
    of the /rules. *sigh* This seems a bit _too_ pedantic to me.

 -- Timo Aaltonen <tepsipakki@ub...