Bug#690280: debian-kernel-handbook: Please document building linux-tools package
 

Package: debian-kernel-handbook
Version: 1.0.15
Severity: wishlist

Hello,
The kernel handbook does not document anything about the linux-tools package.
I am trying to find out how to build linux-tools using pristinge upstream sources.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.6.0+ (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

debian-kernel-handbook depends on no packages.

Versions of packages debian-kernel-handbook recommends:
ii chromium [www-browser] 21.0.1180.89~r154005-1
ii epiphany-browser [www-browser] 3.4.2-2
ii google-chrome-unstable [www-browser] 24.0.1290.1-r160787
ii iceweasel [www-browser] 16.0-1
ii links [www-browser] 2.7-1
ii lynx-cur [www-browser] 2.8.8dev.14-1
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3-8

debian-kernel-handbook suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information


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Bug#690280: debian-kernel-handbook: Please document building linux-tools package
 

On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 20:51 -0400, Douglas F. Calvert wrote:
> Package: debian-kernel-handbook
> Version: 1.0.15
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hello,
> The kernel handbook does not document anything about the linux-tools package.
> I am trying to find out how to build linux-tools using pristinge upstream sources.

There is currently no way to build a linux-tools package from upstream
sources, so we can't document it.

Ben.

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