[ CC linux-kbuild folks (see [0] ]
Hi,
I am using Debian/unstable AMD64 and doing Linux-kernel upstream
development and testing.
People using bindeb-pkg (mkdebian) from Linux-kernel sources
(scripts/packages) to build and test their selfmade Debian kernels get
a now a "n/a" for distribution.
Background (see [1]):
[ scripts/package/mkdebian ]
# Try to determine distribution
if [ -n "$KDEB_CHANGELOG_DIST" ]; then
distribution=$KDEB_CHANGELOG_DIST
# In some cases lsb_release returns the codename as n/a, which breaks
dpkg-parsechangelog
elif distribution=$(lsb_release -cs 2>/dev/null) && [ -n
"$distribution" ] && [ "$distribution" != "n/a" ]; then
: # nothing to do in this case
else
distribution="unstable"
echo >&2 "Using default distribution of 'unstable' in the changelog"
echo >&2 "Install lsb-release or set \$KDEB_CHANGELOG_DIST explicitly"
fi
Personally, I set hardcoded in my kernel build-script as a workaround:
distribution="bookworm"
Gioele suggested me to enrich /etc/os-release with:
VERSION_ID=unstable <--- XXX: I prefer sid because of PRETTY_NAME and
it's shorter
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
In the end the file looks like:
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
ID=debian
VERSION_ID=sid
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/";
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support";
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/";
...and this seems to work:
# lsb_release -cs
No LSB modules are available.
bookworm
Please, provide a solution not to break workflows that were successful
for years.
Thanks.
Best regards,
-Sedat-
[0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/MAINTAINERS#n11005
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/package/mkdebian#n123
