Re: Kernel Strategies

[Mohan Kannapareddy <mkannapa@ford.com>]

On 15 Sep 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Hi,
> >>"Chad" == Chad Walstrom <gunnarr@itasca.net> writes:
> 
>  Chad> No, I haven't R-all-TFM's out there, but I'm getting burnt out
>  Chad> on 'em.  So, I'd like to hear a little about what some of you
>  Chad> do personally to keep track of things.  What you like to do to
>  Chad> back up old kernels, etc.  (The next FM's I'll be looking at
>  Chad> include the Debian package creation utilities, reviewing the
>  Chad> Kernel stuff, modules, etc.  Just give me a breather; I need a
>  Chad> breather!  *grin*)
> 
>  Chad> The reason I ask this is because I'm wary about moving or deleting the
>  Chad> .deb-installed headers from the /usr/include directory.
> 
> 	Ans rightly so. Don't touch them. Ever.
			^^^^^
	My question is what if one wants to upgrade the kernel
	from non-debian sources? Do we still use the old kernel
	headers from the deb-packages??. The "/usr/include" has
	been very confusing/conflicting and there is not enough
	documentation on this particular issue. 

	Thanks
	Mohan