On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 13:51 +0200, Johannes Rohr wrote: > Hi, > > I am surprised by the package description which says: > > Note that these patches do NOT apply > against a pristine Linux 2.6.11 kernel but only against > kernel-source-2.6.11_2.6.11.orig.tar.gz from the Debian archive. > > In fact, the patch applies to a pristine source without any errors.
Maybe it should say "Note that these patches are not intended to apply to a pristine"... Anyone object to me making this change? > And, > well, until today I thought that the kernel-patch-debian packages > actually do contain the differences between the vanilla sources and > Debian's kernel sources. They contain the differences between the kernel-source-2.6.11_2.6.11.orig.tar.gz and Debian's kernel sources. The important point here is that kernel-source-2.6.11_2.6.11.orig.tar.gz is not the same as linux-2.6.11.tar.gz. The differences are primarily due to the removal of non-redistributable files. These patches may apply cleanly to a vanilla linux tarball, but this is purely coincidental and not guaranteed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
