[Voyage-linux] compiling madwifi-source_0.9.4+r3772.20080716 for 0.5.2

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Sean,

You can use etch-backport for debhelper:

http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/debhelper

Regards,
Punky

Sean Lazar wrote:
> Now that I think about it, I probably need to be on lenny, correct? 
> Lenny has debhelper 7.
>
> Sean
>
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Sean wrote:
>
>> Hi Punky,
>>
>> I am wondering how you compiled the madwifi driver for 0.5.2.
>> http://www.voyage.hk/dists/0.5/madwifi/madwifi-modules-2.6.23-486-voyage_0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1+5.0-2_i386.deb 
>>
>>
>> When I try to install the source package, I get an error.
>>
>> #wget 
>> http://www.voyage.hk/dists/0.5/madwifi/madwifi-source_0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1_all.deb 
>>
>> #dpkg -i madwifi-source_0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1_all.deb
>>
>> madwifi-source depends on debhelper (>= 7); however:
>> Version of debhelper on system is 5.0.42.
>>
>> Did you just unpack the source and edit the debian/rules file to make 
>> it install? I will give that a try. I am using debian etch.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Sean
>>
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