* Ismael Valladolid Torres (ismael@sambara.org) [030714 11:00]: > Hi, > > The description of the kernel-source-2.4.21 package says "Linux kernel > source for version 2.4.21 with Debian patches". But, there is another > package called kernel-patch-debian-2.4.21 whose description says "Debian > patches to Linux 2.4.21". Bizarrely enough, this second package suggests > the first one. I can see how that is confusing. > > Do I have the Debian patches installing only kernel-source, or must I > also install kernel-patch-debian? By the way, what are those Debian > patches useful for? Debian's kernel-source package does include the debian patches. The description of kernel-patch-debian-2.4.21 says it should be applied to "pristine" kernel source, meaning an unpatched tarball from kernel.org. As for what goes in to said patches, have a look at README.Debian in the kernel source directory. Lots of bugfixes, documentation corrections, and non-free bits removed. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all." --Noam Chomsky
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