Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 07:49:45PM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
>
> If you're including the entire headers in every package, this is an awful
> fallacy. Why not just do something like this:
> kernel-headers-2.4.3-common: all the 2.4.3 headers
> kernel-headers-2.4.3-piii: autoconf.h and modules/ for p3
> kernel-headers-2.4.3-k7: autoconf.h and modules/ for athlon
> etc, etc.
> and then, have kernel-headers-2.4.3-piii depend on
> kernel-headers-2.4.3-common?
How about providing a patch? You claim to be a Kernel Developer, so you
should know the rules.
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