Re: Choosing a Debian Variant

[Rajesh Fowkar <hsejar@gmx.co.uk>]

thomas saw fit to inform me that: 
>>>it is in the standard kernels.
>
>> I am not talking about debian kernels.
>
>I wasnt talking about debian kernels either :) They are obviously not in
>linus' kernels but they are (have been?) in AC's kernels (for some
>time?). I know 2.4.7-ac11 has it cause i'm using it right now. Can only
>be a matter of weeks until Linus' puts them in the offcial kernel.
>
>btw. is there any advantage to make-kpgk the kernel over the non-deb
>method (= normal method)? just asking out of curiosity.

Hello Thomas,

It's always helpful to have a deb file of your custom compiled kernel
handy. Say in case of crash etc. you need not recompile the kernel :-)
Just dpkg -i kernel-image*

In case your new kernel does not work as u want or some bugs etc. than u
can easily revert back to your old kernel. 

It is always better to keep packges installed using a Package Manager. When
u have been given such a nice utility why not make full use of it :-)

There is also a nice tool called checkinstall using which u can create a
deb file for any of the compiled stuff. I have got now icewm.deb, mutt.deb,
mplayer.deb etc. using checkinstall. Coool.

Here is the link, try it out, u will never regret it :

http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/

Bye bye.

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