Alexander Skwar wrote: > > So sprach skidley am Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 02:44:02PM -0400: > > I hate kernel rpms and think thye shouln't exist as rpm, it sucks, get the > > tarball and do a "real" kernel compile. > > Any particular reason why you don't like the enhancements and bugfixes done Alexander, I'm not the guy you're asking but I feel the same way. Kernel hacking shouldn't be done in the normal workspace and yet with rpm distribution you don't much control over where the source actually ends up. I don't know how much Mandrake can take credit or blame for the existence of rpms though. > by the Mdk people? Also, what's bad about using a compiled kernel that's > also used by a lot of other people, and thus may create more bugreports? This certainly eliminates the need for kernel source code but I'm not sure it's too relevant. Most people grab for the kernel source when the distributed kernel doesn't function, or where they know they can optimize their kernel for their particular hardware. Cheers --- Larry
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