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Re: kernel-source-2.4.21



On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 09:53:10PM +0200, Marino Fernandez wrote:
} On Sunday 22 June 2003 11:10 am, Colin Watson wrote:
} > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 11:50:57PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
} > > Anybody know what the holdup is for 2.4.21 hitting Debian?
} >
} Honestly, is there any advantage on that kernel compared to the one you get 
} from www.kernel.org and compile the clasic way, other than a slight ease of 
} installation.

The main advantage, as far as I'm concerned, is that when a security patch
comes out I see that the kernel-source package has been updated when I do
my regular apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -u. Then I know I need to
recompile my kernel.

--Greg



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