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Re: Depending on kernel >= 2.6



Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote:

On Thursday 02 September 2004 18.34, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
Cherokee has two ways of working,
one designed for most Unix-like systems, and one that uses features
unique to Linux 2.6.x (epoll). I will need to build both versions,

Why? I expect that by the time etch is released, kernel 2.6 is basically ubiquitous, so I think it's sensible to only provide the 2.6-enabled binary as a Debian package. Perhaps just make it easy to build for kernel 2.4 in the source package for those who want it (and point to it in README.Debian.) This is just MHO, obviously.

Then you don't realise that a *lot* of people will be sticking with 2.4 kernels for a while and the fact that 2.4 kernels will be in sarge means you have to support them in your packages.



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