On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 03:53:08PM +1000, Peter Eades wrote: > So that explains why a can never get the patches to apply cleanly does > it and I just thought I was stupid. In that case shouldnt the debian > pakages include patches that will alow an upgard from say 2.0.5 to 2.0.6 > without having to download all of the source code again?
Ideally, yes. I haven't looked recently at the official packages; I thought some system was introduced to handle kernel patches like the ones in the official package, instead of applying them to the distributed source (ie they were applied when they were used, not before.) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
