I get the source tarball from kernel mirror, unpack it into /usr/src and compile it That is because afaik sometimes debian doesn't have the sources that I need it it's lists ;)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Luis Gomez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit) On Sábado, 12 de Abril de 2003 05:45, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > This might be a stupid question Hi all... let me ask another (probably) stupid question I've thought about for a long time. I always try to use precompiled software as much as possible, software coming from the official debian sources, as this gives me the possibility to upgrade them all with a simple apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade ; however, as for the kernel, I always download sources from an official kernel.org mirror and compile them myself with the traditional method. So my question is: what is the approach people take for this point? Do you, sysadmins with lots of machines, apt-get install kernel-source, or do you rather get an official kernel? What pros and cons has each of these points? Am I missing something important? TIA for your answers and advice Pope -- Luis Gomez Miralles InfoEmergencias - Technical Department Phone (+34) 654 24 01 34 Fax (+34) 963 49 31 80 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key available at http://www.infoemergencias.com/lgomez.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
