Bug#1143282: ax25-tools: FTBFS: 167 | sprintf(err_msg, "error: cannot unlink %s (%s)

Hello Hibby,

There are still a lot of us using the LInux AX.25/NETROM/ROSE code in 
Trixie and I am actively trying to custom build new 7.1.x kernels with 
merging in the mod-orphan tree on Debian SID but I'm having some difficulty:
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$ time make -j$(nproc) LOCALVERSION=-custom-sid
/usr/src/kernel/linux-ax25-7.1.6/Makefile:2332: warning: overriding 
recipe for target 'install'
arch/x86/Makefile:319: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'install'
/usr/src/kernel/linux-ax25-7.1.6/Makefile:2335: warning: overriding 
recipe for target 'clean'
/usr/src/kernel/linux-ax25-7.1.6/Makefile:2175: warning: ignoring old 
recipe for target 'clean'
   DESCEND objtool
   CC      kernel/bounds.s
   CHKSHA1 include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h
   CHKSHA1 include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h
   CHKSHA1 include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h:130,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:8,
                  from ././include/linux/bug.h:5,
                  from ././include/linux/slab.h:15,
                  from ./././include/hamradio_compat.h:6,
                  from <command-line>:
./arch/x86/include/asm/asm-offsets.h:1:10: fatal error: 
generated/asm-offsets.h: No such file or directory
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Anyway, if your -dmks approach will help keep things going until Trixie 
EOLs, please try that.

--David
KI6ZHD


On 08/14/2026 02:17 AM, Hibby wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> This is unsurprising to me - the the ax25 kernel code it is choking on was removed here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=64edfa65062dc4509ba75978116b2f6d392346f5
>
> I think it's time we either drop ax25-tools, ax25-apps and the wider family of applications that rely on the kernel code due to a lack of maintenance across all the code or add this code back as as -dkms type package using the out of tree modules:
>
> https://github.com/linux-netdev/mod-orphan/tree/main/drivers/net/hamradio
>