Re: Inconsistent handling of sourceless packages in main
On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:12:43AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>...
> And all have problems:
>
> package | danger
> -----------------+------------------------------
> kernel-image* | kernel-source* update replaces source
> | rebuild differs
> | but old version is retrievable through included patches
>...
Silly question:
Is e.g. kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.8-15 in sarge really sufficient to
satisfy the GPL requirements for kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc 2.6.8-6 in
sarge built against kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.8-11?
IANAL, but I'd have said this was a violation GPL section 3 .
> MfG
> Goswin
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