Re: Potato, Kernel 2.2 -> 2.4
That's a joke, right? You may remember that there were a LOT of changes from
the 2.0 kernel to the 2.2 kernel, as far as updated packages being required.
When slink came out, it HAD all the updated packages in it, so for SLINK, it
wasn't a problem. But going from slink to a 2.4 kernel would probably be a BAD
idea, since 2.4 will require patched versions of all the system utilities.
Also, there are rumors of an ext3 filesystem being a goal of the 2.4 kernel.
This implies that we will need the tools for the ext3 before we claim we are
"Linux 2.4 kernel ready".
Dave Bristel
On 2 Aug 1999, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> Date: 02 Aug 1999 09:57:59 +0200
> From: Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
> To: Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com>
> Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Potato, Kernel 2.2 -> 2.4
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> Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > I know I'm risking being flamed with this, so let me first say that I
> > know that Debian does a very good job at putting out the highest
> > quality linux distro there is (that's why I use it). From my reading
> > of the Linux news sites, it appears quite likely that by the time
> > Potato is released (or very shortly after) the 2.4 series kernel will
> > be out, and debian will be behind the power curve again, with all the
> > other distros out with a 2.4 version.
>
> Whats the problem? Grab the kernel package, compile, install,
> work. 2.2.x kernels work fine with slink and 2.4.x should work with
> slink and potato without problems.
>
> > Is there anyway to put out a kernel upgrade package which contains ONLY
> > the packages needed to upgrade to a new kernel (IE: everything that the
> > new kernel 'breaks') plus the needed build and configure scripts. This
> > would not be a complete distro, just a 'system' upgrade.
>
> The kernel package should be enough or the kernel sources alone. Apart
> from that I think "potato-updates-<arch>" will do what you want.
>
> > I have wanted to try the 2.2 series myself (I won't until the official
> > 2.2.11 comes out with the file corruption fix finally in). I am afread
> > to do this on top of slink because I don't want to break anything.
>
> I'm using 2.2.x for quite some time on slink, which I have to use
> because of staroffice.
>
> > There have been some HowTo's on what the 2.2 series changes over the
> > 2.0 series, but I would feel better with an offical Debian approved
> > kernel upgrade method. In light of the proposed rapid development of
> > the 2.3-2.4 series kernel such an upgrade should be kept on the back
> > burner for potato (to avoid the snickers from the RedHat/SuSe/Caldera
> > crowd.)
>
> May the Source be with you.
> Goswin
>
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