On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 04:59:48PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Becuase I roll my own kernel. If I upgrade the kernel with gcc-3.3 > > (currently the Sarge default) and then upgrade to Etch (which will have > > gcc-4.0 for a default) I will run into problems if I decide to add new > > modules to my kernel. Thus, those with a self-compiled kernel are in a > > situation where you can a) dist-upgrade without first upgrading the > > kernel and risk breakage; or b) upgrade the kernel twice. Once before > > and once after. I suppose that it is possible to build the new kernel > > inside of a chroot (or sbuild or pbuilder) if kernel-package is being > > used. > > > I am simply pointing out that there is a potential issue that needs to > > at least be addressed in the release notes. > > Ah, yes. I really don't understand why the kernel embeds the gcc > version into its version-matching logic, but I've run into this problem > as well. I agree that it warrants documenting, though I also suspect > that most users running self-compiled 2.6 kernels are going to be > running something a bit newer than 2.6.8 anyway. > I also don't understand why the gcc version is an issue. I mean, you can compile a library with one version of gcc and link to it when compiling a program with a different version of gcc. We are even talking about C, which AFAICT doesn't suffer the same binary compatibility issues as C++.
As far as running newer self-compiled kernels, that certainly is not the case for me. In fact, I only compile my own kernel becuase I require the mppe patch on my machines. If not for that, I would be running a stock kernel because I have been bitten in the past by staying on the bleeding edge. I know that I am only one data point, but I am sure that I am not the only one. > Option a) doesn't seem particularly sensible to me, btw, because the > "risk" is near certain... > Incidentally, is it possible to put udev on hold, upgrade everything else, install a new kernel and then select udev for upgrade? -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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