Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org> wrote:
> Are these *really* necessary? Who does need them, people who compile
Yes. By all module builders, especially those outside Debian.
> external kernel-modules (alsa, lm-sensors, ...)? Can't these
> people simply install kernel-source, extract it to /tmp and set $KSRC?
You can't build-depend on a source package.
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