Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 08:59:50AM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote:
> > The kernel-source-2.0.32 deb has a 130K diff file against the standard > > source. Just where do these patches come from and why are they necessary? > > > > Is the fact that I _have_ to have 2.0.32 source or headers going to stop > > me from going to 2.0.33? > I don't know why all those patches are already applied. I have stopped > using the kernel-source packages because they can't be patched > up to the next kernel version easily (because of the already applied > patches). You should be able to install kernel-headers to satisfy it > and then dump the standard Linux source tree in for building kernels. Does anyone know why there is a dependency on kernel-headers? I was under the impression that glibc didn't use the kernel headers. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .