I am wondering what the purpose of the kernel-tree packages is.
First of all, I note the dependency line:
Package: kernel-tree-2.6.10
Version: 2.6.10-4
Depends: kernel-patch-debian-2.6.10 (= 2.6.10-4),
kernel-source-2.6.10 (= 2.6.10-1) | kernel-source-2.6.10 (= 2.6.10-2)
| kernel-source-2.6.10 (= 2.6.10-3) | kernel-source-2.6.10 (= 2.6.10-4)
Thus, installing -4 without a 2.6.10 kernel source installed will
pull in the 2.6.10-*1* kernel source.
Second, I note that it depends on the Debian patch and its
description says:
Its dependencies are structured so that a complete kernel tree
with Debian patches applied will be available after this package
is installed.
... but kernel-source packages already have the Debian patch(es)
applied. So why would I need kernel-tree?
(NB: I note a reference in the description to
kernel-image-2.6.10-i386, which does not exist)
mrvn suggests that kernel-tree pulls in arch patches on other
arches, but kernel-tree-2.6.9, when inspected in paer's unstable
chroot, does not depend on kernel-patch-2.6.9-hppa.
So I wonder: what is the purpose of the kernel-tree packages? Why do
I need to pull in the Debian kernel-patch (which is only really
needed to *un*apply the patch from kernel source, which is normally
not done, not even by make-kpkg)?
Thanks for any hints.
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