Re: 6.4.4 breaks module-free builds of Debian kernel packages

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 12:19 PM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I notice a regression report on Bugzilla [1]. Quoting from it:
>
> > I'm on AMD64 with Debian testing (trixie), where I build my own kernels (with CONFIG_MODULES unset) using "make bindeb-pkg". The build proceeds through 99% of the process, but fails here:
> >
> > Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready  (#2)
> > make -f ./Makefile ARCH=x86     KERNELRELEASE=6.4.4-i5 intdeb-pkg
> > sh ./scripts/package/builddeb
> > ***
> > *** The present kernel configuration has modules disabled.
> > *** To use the module feature, please run "make menuconfig" etc.
> > *** to enable CONFIG_MODULES.
> > ***
> > make[5]: *** [Makefile:1969: modules_install] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.package:150: intdeb-pkg] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [Makefile:1657: intdeb-pkg] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** [debian/rules:16: binary-arch] Error 2
> > dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
> > make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.package:139: bindeb-pkg] Error 2
> > make: *** [Makefile:1657: bindeb-pkg] Error 2
> >
> > 6.3.13 contained the same error, but I "fixed" that by moving to 6.4.3.  But alas, 6.4.4 now has the same issue.



I sent a back-port request.
https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CAK7LNAQNwjRYQDCD3=VoddnFmhxruzGpyppHr+2ZF3SgqDme-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

Hopefully, 6.4.x will be fixed in the next release.



The 6.3.x series is EOL.
So, we cannot fix it.






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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada