Re: make-kpkg question.
Adam Shand <larry@spack.org> writes:
AS> i wanna build my own kernel using make-kpkg with some custom patches (the
AS> openwall patch and the sub domain patch from wirex) with the release
AS> 2.2.18 kernel (which isn't in debian yet).
AS>
AS> it looks like i can just put the patches into /usr/src/kernel-patches but
AS> my question is do i have to wait for an official debian
AS> kernel-source-2.2.18 package to come out or can i just use the 2.2.18pre21
AS> (or even the 2.2.17 one for that matter) and download the official 2.2.18
AS> tarball from kernel.org and use make-kpkg with that?
You can run make-kpkg on any old kernel tarball, even if the tree
isn't the Official Debian Blessed Source. I didn't have any trouble
building 2.2.18 with a handful of associated modules that way. :-)
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