Re: kernel question
On 05-Jan-2000 Brian Servis wrote:
> Just do it! Just use make-kpkg with a revision name that will be
> greater than 2.2.14-1(this will be the version number of the
> kernel-image once it is released) and you will be fine.
>
> make-kpkg --revision=pollywog.1 kernel_image
I did it this way for my laptop last time I reinstalled Linux and it does keep
my custom kernel from being "upgraded" by a standard Debian kernel image :)
>
> Basically anything with a letter will be fine, something like
> pollywog.1. Use dpkg to check it if you are not sure.
>
>#dpkg --compare-versions 2.2.14-1 ge pollywog.1 ; echo $?
> 1
>#dpkg --compare-versions 2.2.14-1 lt pollywog.1 ; echo $?
> 0
I did not know about dpkg --compare-versions. I am guessing the resulting "1"
and "0" are exit codes, the "0" indicating no error.
thanks
--
Andrew
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