On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:30, Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:59:40PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 16:41, Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, I was wondering how to go about taking the source package for > > > 2.4.23-686 (and the SMP version) and backport them to stable? > > > > Why not just use a machine running unstable to do the compile? > > > > I use unstable machines to compile all my kernels, they install and run > > fine on woody systems. > > I presume I can lower the dependencies on things like modutils and whatnot > down to the versions that are in stable with no ill-effects?
It only depends on coreutils|fileutils, so there's no problems in that regard. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
