Randy Patterson wrote : > I'm looking to start using my own custom kernels for various reasons. At this > point I'm just researching the various options or ways in going about this > and > in the process installed kernel-package. I learned the hard way a couple > years > ago when I first started using Linux that before diving into documentation I > first need to try to determine it's age. So after installing kernel-package > the > first thing I did was go to the bottom of the man page and looked at the > date, > May 25, 1999! Now I realize that is not necessarily the date of the last > update but this doesn't give me a good feeling about diving into it's details > that could be 10 years old. So is it better to just use an upstream source > from kernel.org and build that or will that only create more work trying to > get that running with a current Debian distro? I'm certainly not looking for > a > detailed howto on this list, but looking for advise on the road to take to > get > there. Or at least the road with more pros than cons. Thanks, Randy > >
Hi, on Lenny kernel-package is still the good old one, so maybe the man isn't outdated after all. On Squeeze and Sid the package dramatically changed, install "apt-listchanges" before installing it, and dig into the man page. You can see a comment from the maintainer in the recent thread "missing the initrd file in the kernel package" on this list. What is your specific question about kernel-package, and on which Debian version do you plan to use it ? Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
