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Bug#599208: marked as done (release-notes: drop kernel-package info?)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #599208,
regarding release-notes: drop kernel-package info?
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Package: release-notes
Severity: minor
Tags: squeeze

The "kernel-metapackage" section of the release notes includes this
text:

<para>
For the more adventurous there is an easy way to compile your own custom kernel
on &debian;.  Install the <systemitem
role="package">kernel-package</systemitem> tool and read the documentation in
<filename>/usr/share/doc/kernel-package</filename>.
</para>

AFAIK kernel-package is mostly deprecated these days in favour of the
upstream 'make deb-pkg' target.  Maybe this should be dropped or
updated?

(cc:ed to debian-kernel)

Cheers,
Julien

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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 01:38:29 +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 10:11:20PM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >         The stripped down build in deb package creator is by far not a
> >  drop in replacement of kernel package.
> 
> Consequently, and to close this bug, I'm replacing the paragraph with:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> <para>
> For the more adventurous there is an easy way to compile your own custom 
> kernel on &debian;. Install the <systemitem
> role="package">kernel-package</systemitem> tool and read the documentation in
> <filename>/usr/share/doc/kernel-package</filename>. Alternatively,
> you can also the kernel sources, provided in the <systemitem
> role="package">linux-source-2.6</systemitem> package. You can make use of the
> <literal>dep-dpkg</literal> target available in the sources' makefile for
> building a binary package. There are some differences in these two
> approaches, please consult the respective package's documentation.
> </para>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> IMHO the Release Notes document is not the place for any more detailed
> information, the differences between these two approaches should be
> documented in the respective packages.
> 
Closing this bug.  Thanks, Javier.

Cheers,
Julien

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