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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

cu
Adrian

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