On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 11:12 AM Robert Senger <robert.sen...@lists.microscopium.de> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am building my own custom Kernel by doing this (short version): > > apt install linux-source > tar -xf linux-source-$VERSION.tar.xz > cd linux-source-$VERSION > make config > make LOCALVERSION="-custom" -j8 bindeb-pkg > > This creates binary packages for the kernel image, the kernel headers > and for linux-libc-dev. However, the kernel-headers package depends on > the linux-kbuild-$VERSION.deb package, which must be installed from the > debian repositories. > > Now I need to compile and install an older Kernel (with headers), for > which version there is no linux-kbuild available any more in the debian > repos. > > The debian website which describes the linux-kbuild-$VERSION.deb > package points to the linux sources as source for the linux-kbuild > package. > > But I have absolutely no idea how to build the linux-kbuild- > $VERSION.deb package from the linux sources. Searched around Google a > lot but with no success. > > So, what must I do to get a linux-kbuild deb package for a certain > older Kernel version, if I have the appropriate kernel sources > (installed as above) still available? > > Thanks! > > Robert >
You may want to use the dpkg-buildpackage utility with the relevant Debian Packaging for your Linux kernel x.y.z ; this last can be obtained from https://anonscm.debian.org/git/kernel/linux.git Best Professional Regards. -- Jose R R http://metztli.it --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Metztli Reiser4: Debian Bullseye w/ Linux 5.16.20 AMD64 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- feats ZSTD compression https://sf.net/projects/metztli-reiser4/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- or SFRN 5.1.3, Metztli Reiser5 https://sf.net/projects/debian-reiser4/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Official current Reiser4 resources: https://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org/
