[ forwarded to lpi-examdev because of general interest ]
On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> While it is implicit in 'make oldconfig', I think it is reasonable to
> expect LPIC-1 candidates to be able to install the latest kernel package
> from RedHat or Debian, and to recover the existing .config file and use
> that.
No: we have considered that professional environments require
stability. It may be necessary to reconfigure and recompile a kernel to
support new hardware (or a new system carried in). But a new kernel
VERSION is likely to break a few things. It is a decision to be made by
someone higher in the chain; repairing the glitches is also beyond the
Junior. That is why we excluded installing new kernels (from source or
distro) from Level 1.
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Tom Peters
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Linux Professional Institute
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