On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:23:04PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote: > > > in that case, a far better solution is a package containing a bunch > > of pre-generated kernel .config files, plus a menu script to copy > > your choice to the right subdirectory (e.g. /usr/local/src/linux or > > wherever)...then run "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" to let you > > tweak the .config before compiling. > > > that would be one package, taking maybe a few hundred kilobytes total. > > > call it kernel-helper and make it depend on kernel-package. > > > problem solved. > > But why not take this one step further, let's just distribute what's > in build-essential and let the users compile the rest. Let's rewind > the clock back to times when men were men, and they compiled everything > on their own box :) Well, this is foolish. Craig is arguing for one (or a few) kernel packages rather than a multitude of them. It's difficult to install debian if there's not at least one kernel-image package, eh? Your hypthetical is calling for distributing zero packages, in which case we no longer have a distribution. Some people prefer that approach, but they probably aren't using debian at all. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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