Re: What is a Kernel?

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Metzler <ametzler@logic.univie.ac.at> writes:

    Andreas> tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) wrote
    >> Colin Walters <walters@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
    >>> With the minor exception that apt will often want to download
    >>> the kernel from the archives if it has a newer version (like
    >>> via an epoch).
    >> Yeah, and the "hold" solution is retarded.
    >> 
    >> What I think should be done is that we should have the custom
    >> kernels that make-kpkg builds have a *different* package name
    >> from the built-in ones.  That would avoid all the epoch
    >> nonsense.  They would still provide the kernel-image virtual
    >> package name, and all should work.

    Andreas> Hello!  Use your own flavour! 
    Andreas> /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/Flavours.gz cu andreas

However, apparently for that to work, you have to start patching the
kernel make file and ksym.c (is that file part of the kernel?), with a
patch that "may not apply cleanly".

IMHO: For flavours to work properly:

- ideally it should be integrated in the upstream kernel source.
Alternatively, in the Debian kernel source.

- Debian kernel images should be compiled with the flavour "debian".

-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>