"Felix C. Stegerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-01 08:10]: > > > * Also, since even backports.org does not seem to have vim 7.0 and > > > kernel 2.6.16 (yet), what would be the best way/place to get these > > > from ? Should I (try to) backport them myself ? > > > > It is said that compiling your own kernel with make-kpkg should be > > pretty easy. It generates a kernel package which you can than > > install with "dpkg -i". Never tried it myself though ... Compiling > > smaller software is generally just a matter of running "make" "make > > install". YMMV > > I know ;-) I've used make-kpkg a lot. I'm not sure whether it's easy > to install one of the newer kernels (even a self-compiled one) on > sarge though, since it may depend on newer versions of e.g. yaird.
You could avoid yaird by compiling everything in. I think the only problem would be udev, but I may be wrong Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
