[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat



On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:33:25AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 07:30:47PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:47:44AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > > what is the DIFFERENCE between kernel-headers-2.4.2 and all the other
> > > 2.4.2 kernel headers packages?
> > 
> > Kernel-headers-2.4.2 is built with the default config file, and the
> > other ones are built with their respective config files.
> 
> so, what's the difference between all the packages? they're the same
> header files from the same kernel source tree, aren't they?

One file, composing of a few kilobytes, is an autogenerated header
consisting of #define correctives enumerating the configuration.



Reply to: