Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy
My experience has been the exact opposite of yours. When I
started using linux (Slackware at that time) I had no unix experience
at all. I compiled a kernel almost immediately. I installed a kernel
source package from the Slackware CD, followed the READMEs and
HOW-TOs, and my custom kernel compiled without a hitch. As far as I
recall, the Slackware kernel source package installed very much like
the debian source packages.
When I first migrated to debian I thought the kernel-package
package was unnecessary overkill for such a simple task. After
reading the debian lists for some time, I realized how valuable the
kernel-package package is. While I can compile a kernel just as well
as that package does, the benefits having a .deb package are great.
IMHO, the package management system is debian's biggest advantage, and
it would be foolish to unnecessarily forego that advantage for
kernels.
Thank you, Manoj!
On Sat, 17 Jan 1998. "Nathan L. Cutler" <livingston@pha.pvtnet.cz> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 01:46:06PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >
> > Experienced Linux folk download from the horses mouth, but
> > novices find being able to use dpkg-ftp or dft to get kernel
> > sources very comforting. A deb file is justified since there are
> > mechanisms in place to get .deb files to users as seamlessly as
> > possible.
> >
>
> I ran into a novice the other day who couldn't seem to compile the kernel
> successfully. After getting him to answer a few questions, it became
> obvious that he was trying to use a packaged version (Red Hat in this case,
> but that's not the point). Now as an experienced user, I have never even
> attempted to compile a kernel using a kernel source package. So, I
> enlightened the novice as to the "standard" way of getting and compiling
> the kernel sources. The next day he wrote back a happy man.
>
> The point: no matter how well-packaged it is, novices are going to have
> problems with it. And we experienced users won't be able to help them.
>
> One vote against having kernel source packages.
>
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