Bug#335733: linux-source-2.6.12: README.gz doesn't mention bzip2 source tarball
Package: linux-source-2.6.12
Version: 2.6.12-10
Severity: minor
Attached is a small patch that fixes this potential minor confusion.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.2.20
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.12 depends on:
ii binutils 2.16.1cvs20050902-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.2-10 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii coreutils [fileutils 5.2.1-2.1 The GNU core utilities
ii fileutils 5.2.1-2.1 The GNU file management utilities
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.12 recommends:
ii gcc 4:4.0.2-1 The GNU C compiler
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.3.5-7 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii make 3.80-11 The GNU version of the "make" util
-- no debconf information
--- README.gz 2005-10-25 13:11:32.000000000 -0400
+++ README.gz 2005-10-25 13:17:04.084660000 -0400
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
unpack it:
gzip -cd linux-2.6.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+ or
+ bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.XX.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
Replace "XX" with the version number of the latest kernel.
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