On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 01:15, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Olle Eriksson (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > What is the difference between the kernel source from kernel.org and > > the Debian kernel-source-* packages? The only thing I can find about > > that is some discussion from 1997 concluding that there is no > > difference except that the debian packages handles the /usr/src/linux > > symlink for you. Sorry if I am missing some obvious docs now. > > Take a look at the changelog.Debian.gz that is included in the package. > It will tell you about the differences between the Debian package and > the original kernel source. The kernel-source-2.4.18 package from Woody > for example includes a lot of secuity fixes for problems that were > discovered in the last two years, after 2.4.18 was originally released.
Ok. I looked at that file but I wasn't sure if the changes it mentioned were specific to the Debian version or the current kernel version in general. Thanks anyway.. this made it all more clear. > > And, about that /usr/src/linux symlink. I have installed new kernels > > from the kernel-source packages a few times and I have never seen this > > symlink on my system. Is it safe to be without it? > > Yes. You will notice when you need it - mostly for compiling drivers, > but in most of that cases you can tell the configure script/make where > the kernel source/kernel headers are. I just compiled the 2.6.3 kernel from kernel.org and it all went fine. Except I got the same problem as last time where the EXTRAVERSION you provide with --append-to-version doesn't seem to be used when compiling the Nvidia kernel module from nvidia-kernel-source. It complains about the UTS_VERSION string not matching expectations. It's all described at: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/debian-user-200402/msg01329.html Maybe that has something to do with the /usr/src/linux symlink. Olle Eriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
