v4l2loopback/stable is incompatible with linux-image-6.9.7+bpo

Mohammed Amar-Bensaber <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:12:30 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.backports.general
Message-ID	<2203865.irdbgypaU6@siga>

Hello,

I hope it is considered fine to install out-of-tree kernel modules from stable 
for a backported linux kernel.

`sudo module-assistant auto-install v4l2loopback-source` compilation phase 
fails due to the following error.

```
error: implicit declaration of function ‘strlcpy’; did you mean ‘strncpy’? [-
Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
```

This is due to the fact that `strlcpy()` was removed in Linux 6.8.x. I 
compiled upstream v4l2loopback, v0.13.2, locally myself and I can confirm it 
works. Looking at the commit history, I do not think any breaking changes were 
introduced between the current stable version and the upstream one.

I'd happily help with the backporting/packaging process. However, I think it 
would take less time if it was done by the maintainer since they appear to 
maintain upstream as well.

Thank you.

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