Re: Where is kernel 2.2.0?
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote:
: On 02 Feb 1999q, Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
: >
: > 'Fraid I can't help you with that. I usually just download the raw
: > kernel source and use make-kpkg to get a kernel-image*.deb. I've never
: > had a need to build the kernel-source and kernel-headers
: > packages. You'll have to rely on one of the maintainers of those
: > packages to answer that question.
: >
:
: What is the point of doing this? I've always compiled my own kernels from
: source, in both RedHat and Debian, and never felt the need to use either
: .rpm or .deb versions. Perhaps it's because I don't use lilo but prefer
: loadlin.
Several reasons come to mind. Modules become foolproof. dselect can't
"accidentally" replace your custom kernel (it sucks if/when it does and
you don't notice until you reboot ...)
My biggest reason, though, is we have a pretty fast server here where
all kernel compiles occur. It's a pain to transfer the parts of the
source tree to the target machine. It's simplicity itself to
transfer/install a deb, OTOH ...
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