On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 09:48:41AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 28 April 2010 22:11:00 Rob Owens wrote: > > My understanding is that live-helper must build the kernel so that > > certain modules necessary to the live system get included. I confess > > that I don't completely understand that answer, but it's what I was told > > by the developer. > > You should look into the live-helper configuration and adjust where it gets > the kernel source and any (extra?) patches it applies. It should be able to > work with kernel sources provided from lenny-backports with the proper > configuration, since it already works with both Lenny and Squeeze kernel > sources. The bpo kernels are not packaged significantly differently. > > If live-helper doesn't have any relevant configuration, looking into how it > receives, patches, compiles, and packages the kernel should give you some > insight into a work-around. (e.g. repackaging the bpo kernel package to have > the same package name but a higher version than the Lenny kernel package.)
Thanks. I think this is the approach I'm going to take. I just tried install barebones Squeeze in Virtualbox, and I'm running into packaging problems when I try to install certain software from Lenny (LXDE and apt-show-versions, for example). -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
