Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:50:33PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:36:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels for
> > powerpc for sarge. You will find all that is needed at :
> > 
> >   http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel
> > 
> > or the apt source :
> > 
> >   deb http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel ./
> > 
> > These packages include :
> > 
> >   1) backported kernel-package, to be able to build the powerpc 2.6.12 kernels.
> > 
> >   2) backported udev, which is needed for 2.6.12 and beyond kernels. I
> >   disabled the selinux support though, as it is not present in sarge.
> > 
> >   3) backported 32bit powerpc kernel packages. These are exactly the same as
> >   the sid/etch ones (2.6.12-6), but i was forced to disable the 64bit
> >   powerpc64 version, since there is no biarch toolchain in sarge. That said,
> >   installing the sid/etch kernels would have worked just fine, so if you are a
> >   64bit user, please download linux-image-2.6-12-powerpc64 from etch/sid by
> >   hand.
> > 
> > Ok, i hope you all enjoy those.
> 
> I am currently doing a build of these on i386, and will
> make them available when they are ready, hopefully in the next
> few hours.
> 
> One thing I am wondering is if it makes sense
> to make the kernel-package build dependancy as follows,
> as it would allow the package to be built on a vanilla
> sarge for non-powerpc arches. 
> 
> kernel-package (>= 8.135) [!powerpc] | kernel-package (>= 8.135.sarge1) [powerpc]

I did another change, but maybe it was not needed, so i think the above is a
safe bet. If it builds for you, i will try it locallly.

Friendly,

Sven Luther