Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AS> i wanna build my own kernel using make-kpkg with some custom patches (the AS> openwall patch and the sub domain patch from wirex) with the release AS> 2.2.18 kernel (which isn't in debian yet). AS> AS> it looks like i can just put the patches into /usr/src/kernel-patches but AS> my question is do i have to wait for an official debian AS> kernel-source-2.2.18 package to come out or can i just use the 2.2.18pre21 AS> (or even the 2.2.17 one for that matter) and download the official 2.2.18 AS> tarball from kernel.org and use make-kpkg with that?
You can run make-kpkg on any old kernel tarball, even if the tree isn't the Official Debian Blessed Source. I didn't have any trouble building 2.2.18 with a handful of associated modules that way. :-) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
