Tweaking a .tgz made with checkinstall

binarybob0001 · 04-20-2006, 04:50 AM

I made a package for my ALSA driver. I would like it to automatically run the snddevices script and install itself to the appropriate kernel directory. For example, I compiled the package on the 2.6.14.3 kernel, and now I want to install it on a 2.6.16.9 kernel. The appropriate /lib/modules/KernelVersion has changed. Is there a way to make it correctly find the modules directory for any later kernel? Thanks.

Hangdog42 · 04-20-2006, 07:09 AM

To be honest, while you can get away with your approach for a while, sooner or later it is going to break. I think you're much better off running the slackbuild scripts for ALSA when you upgrade your kernel rather than trying to fiddle with a package to get it to install.

binarybob0001 · 04-20-2006, 04:36 PM

I can install ALSA no problems with Slackware. I just build it from source, install and run a few scripts. I reinstall my kernel a lot though. I am a beginner and I mess up things ALL the time. So, I want to make this package once and have it last forever. Perhaps a better idea would be for me to make my own build script. When my version gets outdated (ie. upgrading the kernel), I just rebuild the whole package.

Hangdog42 · 04-20-2006, 06:21 PM

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So, I want to make this package once and have it last forever. Perhaps a better idea would be for me to make my own build script. When my version gets outdated (ie. upgrading the kernel), I just rebuild the whole package.

I certainly understand the sentiment, but sooner or later the kernel is going to change something that will break the modules. Personally, I find it much easier to rebuild things like ALSA from source rather than copying modules from one kernel to the next. And since Pat supplies both the ALSA source code and the scripts used to build the official Slackware packages in the sources directory (on CD4 if you have the CDs), you don't even have to make your own build scripts.

binarybob0001 · 04-20-2006, 09:55 PM

Thanks for the help Hangdog. I'll take a look at that CD.