Re: Net packages should be compiled under the 1.2 kernel include files
Miquel van Smoorenburg writes:
>
> Okay. I've just finished inn-1.4unoff3. It has lots of special-case
> patches for Linux 1.2, but it is ELF. Does this mean I can take those
> (arguably ugly) patches out, assuming that everyone using debian-1.1 and/or
> debian-elf is going to run a 1.3 kernel? (It needs the UNIX DGRAM sockets)
I would think so. Unless you want me to put it in the stable tree. But
since I won't, you can remove the patches ;)
> Do you think a test with uname in the preinst script to see if it's
> running on an 1.3 (or higher) kernel would be appropriate?
I would think that it's not necessary.
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