On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 11:15:35AM -0800, tony mollica wrote: > There have been some posts on rebuilding the kernel that mention the > kernel-package.deb package, make-kpkg and non-debian kernel source or > packages. I have been successfully rebuilding my kernels, but only from > a debian CD with no 'outside' sources. Now I would like to upgrade from > 2.0.30 to 2.0.32 (from www.linux.org) and I see that the original source > should be 'debianized' with 'make-kpkg' in the source directory. Could > someone enlighten me on the reason for this, the procedure and what this > does, exactly.
You can use kernel-package to build a kernel-image-deb and to use a kernel-source-deb (even to build a kernel-header-deb), but you only need to build a kernel-image.deb to recompile and install the new kernel. Just go for it, no need to wait for the debian sources, or to build a kernel-source-package (it would not contain any additional information). It could be useful to make dpkg less ignorant about your kernel-source, though. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
