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--- project:kernel-autobuild:new-kernel-release [2016/04/19 11:26] – 91.89.129.106
+++ project:kernel-autobuild:new-kernel-release [2016/10/24 11:45] (current) – 37.209.107.175
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 What to do if kernel-autobuild has to be prepared for a new kernel release.
-New working directory
+===== New template directory for meta package (2016-10-23 / 3.18) =====
+<code>
+#cd /usr/share/kernel-autobuild
+cd ushare/kernel-autobuild
+cp -ax linux-image-3.14-vserver-amd64 linux-image-3.18-vserver-amd64
+cd linux-image-3.18-vserver-amd64
+vi Makefile
+    APPNAME=linux-image-3.18-vserver-amd64
+    VERSION=3.18.1
+vi debian/README
+    The Debian Package linux-image-3.18
+vi debian/README.Debian
+    linux-image-3.18 for Debian
+vi debian/changelog
+    linux-image-3.18-vserver-amd64 (3.18.1) unstable; urgency=low
+vi debian/control
+    Source: linux-image-3.18-vserver-amd64
+    Depends: linux-firmware-image (=3.18.9-vs2.3.6.6+lihas1-1), linux-image-3.18.9-vs2.3.6.6+lihas1 (=3.18.9-vs2.3.6.6+lihas1-1)
+    Description: Linux 3.18 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), Linux-VServer support
+</code>
+===== New working directory (2016-04-19 / 3.13) =====
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 [    0.466592] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
 </code>
+addendum 2016-10-23:
+* similar looking problem with 3.18. Then, no initrd was built during package installation because the dpkg hooks silently failed to do so. Fixed by using a debian 7 / wheezy test image
 prequel: