On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 02:26:09PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Because too many people don't use debian kernel images. > > If people don't use the tools, then they don't get the benefits of the > tools, which is hardly our fault. This is like saying that we > shouldn't have dependencies on libgtk, because some people might > compile their own, without using dpkg-source. As long as it works > with make-kpkg, and doesn't require one of the *official* kernel > images, I'm all for it; there's no valid excuses for not using > make-kpkg that I've ever seen.
Except that it's a fairly common thing to have to do, and most of the howto's out there don't mention anything about make-kpkg. It's also IMHO not immediately obvious to a new user that he can/should make a kernel package. Mike Stone
