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Re: Bug#284116: kernel-image-* should include vmlinux



On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:13:06 +0100, Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org> said: 

> On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 05:37:41PM +0100, Juan Cespedes wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 08:03:15AM -0800, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> > 	I disagree. People who want the bare vmlinux can use the
>> >  configuration option install_vmlinux to get the debugging
>> >  symbols they need
>> 
>> I could recompile my own kernel to create my vmlinux, but unless I
>> use exactly the same enviroment (gcc, etc), the resulting vmlinux
>> will not match the kernels shipped with Debian, and that's what I
>> need.
>> 
>> I don't know what is the best solution for this, but I would really
>> like to have access to the vmlinux used to generate our kernels...

> Is anyone willing to give me an answer for this?  Should I just
> reopen the bug report until sonething is done?

	I think this has been answered; and I do not think this is a
 bug in kernel-package.

> (Abstract: I need access to the vmlinux used to generate Debian
> shipped kernels; I am not asking for inclusion of vmlinux in the
> packages, but for having them available somewhere (other package?
> FTP site?  I don't mind!).

	Now this is for the kernel team to decide.

	manoj
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Manoj Srivastava   <srivasta@debian.org>  <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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