Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Aug 1997 07:43:29 +0000 (GMT) | From | gt1355b@prism ... | Subject | Re: modutils and Changes doc |
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On 1 Aug, Darin Johnson wrote: > The Changes doc says that modutils-2.1.42 is needed, but > modutils-2.1.34 seems to be the latest *commonly* available > version (ie, that's what Debian has, sunsite, etc). Wondering
What a particular distribution has really doesn't concern me ;-). In the case of Debian, that's a problem of whoever maintains that package needing to update it, which is not my concern. As for not being on sunsite, it's not like ftp.redhat.com isn't very well-connected, mirrored all over the world, etc.
> why .42 wasn't distributed more, I did a compare, and they're > essentially identical, except for two ppc files (the makefile > however doesn't use them). > > So why is .42 listed as required? Perhaps the doc should say .34?
Yeah, when I updated that I noticed that it didn't really change anything. Here's why I updated it anyway: in general, I try to mention the minimal version necessary of whatever package for it to work correctly. However, some things are fairly closely related to the kernel, and are developing quickly with the kernel (autofs, modutils, etc.). For those, I try to mention the latest available, whether it provides more functionality or not. Besides, some people do run Linux on ppc....
later, chris
-- Chris Ricker gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu
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