On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 09:16, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 03:37:12AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 08:11:39PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > > And because 2.6 packages will be available as soon as 2.6 is out. Why do > > > people act like replacing the default kernel is a big deal? Your userland > > > packages are thoroughly decoupled from the kernel. Hardly anything depends > > > on it. That which does is well-documented. > > > > Don't know where you got your kernel that something depends on it. A > > few packages suggest it and two recommend, but nothing explicitly > > depends on it. > > I don't think John meant "depends" in the sense of formal Debian package > relationships. > > -- > Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk] Just so long as you have ***at least one*** kernel, from a package or from the traditional build and install method. Linux runs more like Windows if you don't have any kernel. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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