Re: can kernel 2.4.21 from testing source be installed without removing 2.4.18 from woody?

["Daniel B." <dsb@smart.net>]

Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 04:10:06 +0200, Daniel B. wrote:
> 
> > What's the newest packaged kernel that can be used on woody (without
> > removing a stable kernel)?
> 
> 2.4.22 -- just compile your own. The relevant packages:
> kernel-source-2.4.22 (you can pilfer that one from Sid), build-essential,
> kernel-package, libncurses (for menuconfig).

When make-kpkg from kernel-package makes a kernel-image-...deb package,
which packages(and versions) with that .deb depend on?  Things on my
system, or versions from sid?

> You won't have much luck with the prepackaged ones as they indirectly
> depend on a few things which you absolutely don't want to have on a stable
> system (such as Sid's libc6).

Are you referring to prebuilt binary versions or also to prepackaged 
versions (e.g., a Debian source package from which I build the binary
version)?


Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
dsb@smart.net