Roland Wegmann wrote:
<snip>Debian has already patched, compiled and packaged the kernel for you, so after installing kernel-image-2.6.6-powerpc you can start with `reboot'.<snip> On <http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages> I found the package 'kernel- tree-2.6.6'. Now, I would like to understand the additional benefits of this package compared to 'apt-get install kernel-source kernel-debian-patch'.
Well, as Jens said already (assuming I understand it correctly ;-)), kernel-tree-2.6.6 will install you the kernel itself as well, beside the kernel-source and the applied patches. So basically you have an all in one package. Friendly -- Bob Hentges - http://bob.hentges.lu/ -- Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gurgle.