On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 05:19:25PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > [Jens, did that mail not go to the list?] > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 05:16:21PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > 1. kernel-source-2.6.7 should not be built as a Debian-native package, > > > mainly because this will generate a huge tarball for every Debian > > > revision. > > Seconded > > > > 2. It would be nice if it was completely obvious how we got from > > > linux-2.6.7.tar.gz to kernel-source-2.6.7_2.6.7.orig.tar.gz. A > > > patch is not an option since it includes the tainted sections, I'm > > > thinking of a prune script that removes or edits files. > > > > A, by the way, do we already have an untainted kernel-source ? I would > > agree with a tainted part removal script. Who did the purging of tainted > > stuff ? Could you maybe create this script for us ? > > I'll cook up the script. Give me a little time - for now you can work > with a full tarball.
Ok, will do. But will the patches apply cleanly to a full tarball ? I don't believe so. Friendly, Sven Luther
