Bug 71112

Summary:	net-snmp 5.1.1-r1 ebuild's 'lm_sensors' USE flag incompatible with 2.6.x kernel
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jesse D. Guardiani <jesse>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	Gentoo Netmon project <netmon>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	This patch breaks the lm-sensors ebuild dep and makes it possible to build net-snmp with lm_sensors USE flag under a 2.6.x kernel

Description Jesse D. Guardiani 2004-11-13 19:01:28 UTC

The lm-sensors ebuild cannot be built with a 2.6.x kernel because the 2.6.x kernel already comes with the chip modules and the `sensors` and `sensors-detect` programs. Therefore, the lm-sensors ebuild dependency in the current net-snmp 5.1.1-r1 ebuild makes it difficult to build net-snmp under a 2.6.x kernel. I had to apply the following patch which breaks the lm-sensors ebuild dependency to get it working with my 2.6.9-r1 kernel.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. build and install 2.6.x kernel with i2c and sensor chip support
2. run `sensors-detect` and get sensors working
3. add "lm_sensors" to global USE flags in /etc/make.conf and `emerge net-snmp`

Actual Results:  
net-snmp ebuild then attempts to build lm-sensors ebuild and deps, which are
unnecessary and won't build properly with a 2.6 kernel.

Expected Results:  
Instead, net-snmp ebuild should have detected presense of 2.6 kernel and skipped
lm-sensors ebuild dependency, while still patching according to lm_sensors USE flag.

Comment 1 Jesse D. Guardiani 2004-11-13 19:04:05 UTC

Created attachment 43899 [details, diff]
This patch breaks the lm-sensors ebuild dep and makes it possible to build net-snmp with lm_sensors USE flag under a 2.6.x kernel

However, this isn't a good long-term solution...

Comment 2 Eldad Zack (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-12-04 08:23:06 UTC

support for 2.6 kernels are in since lm-sensors-2.8.2.