On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 01:06:12AM +0300, z4ziggy wrote: > heya, > > i understand the problem you and tpowa are facing since we have the same > issue > with archie-kernel package and i admit we do the same. however, we plan on > changing it since i think its important to know the kernel exact subversion, > mainly when kernel-vulnerability is detected. ofcourse, "pacman -Qi kernel26" > will do the job, but i think having "uname -r" report 100% correct subversion > is just as important imho. > > maybe there could be a better solution? i havnt investigated it too much, but > maybe using a symbolic link in the modules path (ie, 2.6.12 to point to > latest - 2.6.12.2, etc)? i might be completely off the case, so i better stop > here...
Then you run into the perl symlink problem. You'd need a post-install/upgrade script that moved shit around if it was in the way. Not my idea of a nice kernel package. At the same time, it would be nice. Maybe we should just update the kernel less ;o) Right... like that's gonna happen... I think the really sticky point is the module directory. Is there some way to patch the kernel (modprobe?) so that it looks in /lib/modules/<major>.<minor>.<bugfix>-<EXTRA> instead of adding the other-other number as well? Jason > > On Friday 08 July 2005 22:59, Judd Vinet wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > As you all well know by this point, the kernel developers have taken to > > releasing minor updates every week or so (2.6.12.1, 2.6.12.2, etc.). > > > > This has really increased the kernel maintenance workload for tpowa and > > myself, because each kernel rebuild means that all extraneous modules > > (nforce, ipw2X00, ltmodem, slmodem, etc.) need to be rebuilt with that > > version. > > > > To try save us some time, tpowa has reworked the kernel 2.6 PKGBUILDs > > slightly. We still stay up to date with the latest minor revision of the > > kernels, but we change the internal version number so that the last > > minor revision number is truncated. For example, when you install > > kernel26-2.6.12.2-1 and run "uname -r", it will say 2.6.12 instead of > > 2.6.12.2. > > > > This saves us time, because tpowa no longer has to rebuild all > > extraneous modules with each minor revision upgrade. It means a quicker > > build process and less time involved in moving kernel-related packages > > back and forth between Extra and Testing. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns, send them to the ML or myself and > > tpowa. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > - J > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > -- > regards, > Elia Yehuda, aka z4ziggy > Archie project developer, > http://user-contributions.org/archie.html > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > -- If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
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