Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:04:47 -0600 | From | Mitchell Blank Jr <> | Subject | Re: Building .config into the kernel |
| |
Oliver Xymoron wrote: > Trouble is, that doesn't patch cleanly. Redhat distributes patches > along with pristine source in the SRPMs, allowing you to upgrade the > source and still use the patches. If you have multiple patches fighting > over the EXTRAVERSION line, or Linus decides to remove it after the > -pre series, you get rejects.
Have one of the patchs in the SRPM just update the EXTRAVERSION line.
As someone already pointed out, people who build their own kernel (either from .tar.bz2 or by playing RPM games) probably know what is in their kernel and can report it themselves. The biggest need is differentiating between 2.2.0, 2.2.0-redhat, 2.2.0-suse, 2.2.0-debian, ...
-Mitch
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |