Re: kernel-* package names
>>"Paul" == Paul Hampson <Paul.Hampson@anu.edu.au> writes:
Paul> How about 'kernel-source' virtual package, that by default grabs
Paul> the appropriate source for your arch? I _assume_ that other non-Linux
Paul> arch's kernels are downloaded, compiled and installed similarly
Paul> to the way Linux's are.
And how exactly does this ``grabbing'' occur?
Paul> Then, under the hurd you'd get
Paul> apt-get install kernel-source <== Gives latest HURD source
Paul> apt-get install linux-source <== Gives latest Linux source
Paul> apt-get install linux-source-2.4.17 <== Gives Linux 2.4.17 source
And on a arm/netbsd machine
apt-get install kernel-source <== Gives latest netbsd source (perhaps
with the arm patch?)
So we presumably have linux-kernel-source-X.Y.Z, with things like
linux-kernel-patch-arm-X.Y.Z, and hurd-kernel-source-Z.N.M.
Under the current dpkg, one or more of them also provide a
'kernel-source' virtual package. Which one do you propose does so? If
they all do that, then they are all equally viable on any arch, and
guess what happens when you do apt-get install kernel-source
Do you have an idea of how to redesign dpkg to handle this grabbing?
manoj
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