# Simple script to generate a deb package for a Linux kernel. All the
# complexity of what to do with a kernel after it is installed or removed
# is left to other scripts and packages: they can install scripts in the
-# /etc/kernel/{pre,post}{inst,rm}.d/ directories that will be called on
-# package install and removal.
+# /etc/kernel/{pre,post}{inst,rm}.d/ directories (or an alternative location
+# specified in KDEB_HOOKDIR) that will be called on package install and
+# removal.
set -e
create_package() {
local pname="$1" pdir="$2"
+ cp debian/copyright "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname/"
+
# Fix ownership and permissions
chown -R root:root "$pdir"
chmod -R go-w "$pdir"
# Some variables and settings used throughout the script
version=$KERNELRELEASE
revision=$(cat .version)
+if [ -n "$KDEB_PKGVERSION" ]; then
+ packageversion=$KDEB_PKGVERSION
+else
+ packageversion=$version-$revision
+fi
tmpdir="$objtree/debian/tmp"
fwdir="$objtree/debian/fwtmp"
-packagename=linux-$version
+packagename=linux-image-$version
fwpackagename=linux-firmware-image
if [ "$ARCH" = "um" ] ; then
# Setup the directory structure
rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$fwdir"
-mkdir -p "$tmpdir/DEBIAN" "$tmpdir/lib" "$tmpdir/boot"
-mkdir -p "$fwdir/DEBIAN" "$fwdir/lib"
+mkdir -p "$tmpdir/DEBIAN" "$tmpdir/lib" "$tmpdir/boot" "$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/$packagename"
+mkdir -p "$fwdir/DEBIAN" "$fwdir/lib" "$fwdir/usr/share/doc/$fwpackagename"
if [ "$ARCH" = "um" ] ; then
- mkdir -p "$tmpdir/usr/lib/uml/modules/$version" "$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/$packagename" "$tmpdir/usr/bin"
+ mkdir -p "$tmpdir/usr/lib/uml/modules/$version" "$tmpdir/usr/bin"
fi
# Build and install the kernel
fi
# Install the maintainer scripts
+# Note: hook scripts under /etc/kernel are also executed by official Debian
+# kernel packages, as well as kernel packages built using make-kpkg
+debhookdir=${KDEB_HOOKDIR:-/etc/kernel}
for script in postinst postrm preinst prerm ; do
- mkdir -p "$tmpdir/etc/kernel/$script.d"
+ mkdir -p "$tmpdir$debhookdir/$script.d"
cat <<EOF > "$tmpdir/DEBIAN/$script"
#!/bin/sh
# Pass maintainer script parameters to hook scripts
export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$@"
-test -d /etc/kernel/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version" /etc/kernel/$script.d
+test -d $debhookdir/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version" $debhookdir/$script.d
exit 0
EOF
chmod 755 "$tmpdir/DEBIAN/$script"
done
-name="Kernel Compiler <$(id -nu)@$(hostname -f)>"
+# Try to determine maintainer and email values
+if [ -n "$DEBEMAIL" ]; then
+ email=$DEBEMAIL
+elif [ -n "$EMAIL" ]; then
+ email=$EMAIL
+else
+ email=$(id -nu)@$(hostname -f)
+fi
+if [ -n "$DEBFULLNAME" ]; then
+ name=$DEBFULLNAME
+elif [ -n "$NAME" ]; then
+ name=$NAME
+else
+ name="Anonymous"
+fi
+maintainer="$name <$email>"
+
# Generate a simple changelog template
cat <<EOF > debian/changelog
-linux ($version-$revision) unstable; urgency=low
+linux-upstream ($packageversion) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Custom built Linux kernel.
+
+ -- $maintainer $(date -R)
+EOF
+
+# Generate copyright file
+cat <<EOF > debian/copyright
+This is a packacked upstream version of the Linux kernel.
+
+The sources may be found at most Linux ftp sites, including:
+ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
+
+Copyright: 1991 - 2009 Linus Torvalds and others.
+
+The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
+git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
- * A standard release
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
- -- $name $(date -R)
+On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
+License version 2 can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
EOF
# Generate a control file
cat <<EOF > debian/control
-Source: linux
-Section: base
+Source: linux-upstream
+Section: admin
Priority: optional
-Maintainer: $name
-Standards-Version: 3.6.1
+Maintainer: $maintainer
+Standards-Version: 3.8.1
EOF
if [ "$ARCH" = "um" ]; then
cat <<EOF >> debian/control
Package: $packagename
-Provides: kernel-image-$version, linux-image-$version
+Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6, linux-modules-$version
Architecture: any
Description: User Mode Linux kernel, version $version
User-mode Linux is a port of the Linux kernel to its own system call
many other things.
.
This package contains the Linux kernel, modules and corresponding other
- files version $version
+ files, version: $version.
EOF
else
cat <<EOF >> debian/control
Package: $packagename
-Provides: kernel-image-$version, linux-image-$version
+Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6, linux-modules-$version
Suggests: $fwpackagename
Architecture: any
Description: Linux kernel, version $version
This package contains the Linux kernel, modules and corresponding other
- files version $version
+ files, version: $version.
EOF
fi
Package: $fwpackagename
Architecture: all
Description: Linux kernel firmware, version $version
- This package contains firmware from the Linux kernel, version $version
+ This package contains firmware from the Linux kernel, version $version.
EOF
create_package "$fwpackagename" "$fwdir"