#608062 dds2tar still expects CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS to be set

Package:
dds2tar
Source:
dds2tar
Description:
Tools for using DDS features of DAT drives with GNU tar
Submitter:
Date:
2010-12-26 22:03:05 UTC
Severity:
important
#608062#5
Date:
2010-12-26 20:16:24 UTC
From:
To:
root@populusque:~# mt-dds tell
grep: /proc/scsi/scsi: No such file or directory
first block number is 6164160
block size is 20
block length is 10240

Summary:

dds2tar expects CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS to be set, but default Debian kernels
consider this "legacy" and no longer enable it (maintainers have stated
never will) see http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2010/10/msg00209.html

Note this appears inconsistent as CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS is set (and is also
"legacy").
#608062#10
Date:
2010-12-26 21:57:55 UTC
From:
To:
There has been no upstream activity on dds2tar in over 10 years, and I
no longer use it myself... because I no longer have any active DDS
drives.

The source makes no obvious references to /proc directly, it instead
pulls various definitions in from system header files.  Could you try
rebuilding the current package from source to see if that yields a
working dds2tar under current kernels?

That's something you can take up with the kernel team if you wish.

Bdale
#608062#15
Date:
2010-12-26 21:57:55 UTC
From:
To:
There has been no upstream activity on dds2tar in over 10 years, and I
no longer use it myself... because I no longer have any active DDS
drives.

The source makes no obvious references to /proc directly, it instead
pulls various definitions in from system header files.  Could you try
rebuilding the current package from source to see if that yields a
working dds2tar under current kernels?

That's something you can take up with the kernel team if you wish.

Bdale