On Sunday 16 March 2003 19:14, Andi Payn wrote: > On Sunday 16 March 2003 09:51, Adam Williamson wrote: > > It's just that the kernel is an important package, and I think it gets a > > bit confusing if there's one that's getting quite a bit away from the > > other five versions...sure it's in contribs, but kernel is so important > > maybe it needs stricter control than most contribs packages... No i do not want it to move away from the official kernel. Only I had to anticipate what patches Juan would add to final kernel, because I contribs was being finished up.
> > By the way, one minor problem with the -mm kernel (at least as of the > 2.4.21-0.14mdk release): > > If you build a custom kernel starting from kernel-multimedia-source, the > label it tries to install in lilo is too long, and you get a lilo error; > you have to go in and edit lilo.conf manually. Since I always rename and > reorder all my kernels anyway, I'm not complaining--and I doubt anyone who > builds and installs custom kernels, especially starting from anything but > the "standard" kernel source, is likely to have a problem editing > lilo.conf. yes this is annoying. Lilo labels are limited to 10 chars IIRC. I have not found a nice solution yet :( I am also a bit dependent on the installkernel script.... d.
