On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:54:38 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> This one time, at band camp, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Robert Millan wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 08:33:00PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: >>>> klogd will be unable to look up symbols, and ps and top need it >>>> for wchan to be displayable. >>> >>> I'm so scared. wchan won't be displayable! >> >> What were you saying about sarcasm? The fact remains that it's a >> bug, and it's a bug that you should already have thought of. Put >> simply, if this is the level of research you've done, I don't think >> you're suitable for packaging something as important as the >> kernel. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't do it (as an academic >> exercise it'd be a wonderful learning experience, and lessons >> learned may be well applied else where) >> - I just don't think it should go anywhere near the archive. > Bollocks. > Kernels install /boot/System.map-$version. There's a symlink from > /boot/System.map to the current version. Actually, that would be a bug. There is no need for such a symlink, and indeed, it would break unrelated packages (like keeping a kernel-image-X.XX package around for safekeeping), so it would be an RC bug. manoj -- The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose. Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C