Re: how to install kernel source 2.6.8

[Mike McClain <mike.junk@nethere.com>]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:51:19AM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 03:31:38PM -0800, Mike McClain wrote:
> > I've a mostly etch system and wanted to try the 2.6 kernel.
<snip>
> 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 are from Sarge. 2.2.25 is even older.

Thanks for the tip, I hadn't realized 'apt-get update' doesn't
update /var/lib/dpkg/available, just pulls down the Packages files.

Another thing I find peculiar is that
'apt-get install linux-source-2.6.18 linux-headers-2.6.18-6-486'
also pulled down gcc-4.1 and associated packages but left gcc-3.3
as the default so that the build failed when I tried to create a
new kernel.
What's the reasoning behind that?

Thanks,
Mike