* Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> [2006-06-01 08:10]: > > * Also, since even backports.org does not seem to have vim 7.0 and > > kernel 2.6.16 (yet), what would be the best way/place to get these > > from ? Should I (try to) backport them myself ? > > It is said that compiling your own kernel with make-kpkg should be > pretty easy. It generates a kernel package which you can than > install with "dpkg -i". Never tried it myself though ... Compiling > smaller software is generally just a matter of running "make" "make > install". YMMV I know ;-) I've used make-kpkg a lot. I'm not sure whether it's easy to install one of the newer kernels (even a self-compiled one) on sarge though, since it may depend on newer versions of e.g. yaird. Thanks anyway. - Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman <flx@obfusk.net> http://obfusk.net ~ "Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature." ~ -- R. Kulawiec ~ vim: set ft=mail tw=70 sw=2 sts=2 et:
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