On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 04:19:24PM +0100, John Kelly wrote: > I'm trying to merge the openvz 2.6.8 patch with the debian sarge 2.6.8 > kernel sources. > > But the kernel-source-2.6.8_2.6.8.orig.tar.gz is not the same as the > vanilla 2.6.8 tarball. Diff shows non free drivers have been removed > from the debian "orig" tarball. > > It's puzzling to me that the "orig" tar.gz is not the same as the > vanilla kernel.org tarball. And it's a problem, because the openvz > patch wants to patch those non free drivers which have been removed.
We can't legally distribute that source, so we remove it. This happens in many packages in Debian - see all the .orig.tar.gz's with a "dfsg" string. > > And how should I proceed, making a debian kernel source package which > uses the vanilla kernel tarball as its starting point? Apply the .diff.gz to the unpruned source. Please use a different orig.tar.gz name and version string if you plan to distribute your work, so that it is clearly diffentiated from ours when users file bug reports. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
