Re: compiling kernel

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,
>>"Jim" == Jim Crumley <crumley@able.space.umn.edu> writes:

Jim> I asked the same thing a couple of weeks ago.  Basically, you
Jim> have to install the bin86 package (I am not sure why
Jim> kernel-package or kernel-source don't depend on bin86). 


	Because the kernel-source and kernel-package packages are
 arrch independent, and the bin86 requirement is an intel-ism. Since
 we do not have a means of specifying architecture specific
 dependencies, we now pepper the documentation with hints about bin86
 ;0(

	manoj
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