make-kpkg unknown option: overlay-dir

[pbrane]

I am trying to compile 2.6.33 kernel using this guide
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild
and I want to use the Ubuntu kernel configuration. However make-kpkg doesn't seem to have the --overlay-dir option anymore. Anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this build?

[gomyhr]

I am trying to compile 2.6.33 kernel using this guide
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild
and I want to use the Ubuntu kernel configuration. However make-kpkg doesn't seem to have the --overlay-dir option anymore. Anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this build?

It looks like it's the other way around... make-kpkg doesn't seem to have the --overlay-dir option yet. It seems it is only available in Lucid. From https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source...age/+changelog on Available diffs: 11.015 to 12.032, search for "overlay", and you'll find:

+kernel-package (12.006) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * [9fe0183]: Added a new feature: overlay directory
+    This commits add an overlay feature. The specified directory should
+    contain files that will be placed in the ./debian directory of the
+    kernel sources, in preparation to building the debian packages,
+    replacing the files normally found in /usr/share/kernel-package. Inn
+    theory, this should provide all the features official kernel images
+    might need to use kernel-package, without any formal support from
+    kernel-package. It should also address the need for any users that
+    needed to add content to ./debian, and more conveniently than before. 
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:27:49 -0500

Since this is in the diff from the Karmic version to the Lucid version, I suppose it's only available in Lucid. I see from your profile page http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=459043 that you're on Karmic.

[pbrane]

Oh good point. I hadn't thought of that. I assumed that the page had just been updated for lucid. That explains everything. Thanks.