On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: : On 02 Feb 1999q, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: : > : > 'Fraid I can't help you with that. I usually just download the raw : > kernel source and use make-kpkg to get a kernel-image*.deb. I've never : > had a need to build the kernel-source and kernel-headers : > packages. You'll have to rely on one of the maintainers of those : > packages to answer that question. : > : : What is the point of doing this? I've always compiled my own kernels from : source, in both RedHat and Debian, and never felt the need to use either : .rpm or .deb versions. Perhaps it's because I don't use lilo but prefer : loadlin.
Several reasons come to mind. Modules become foolproof. dselect can't "accidentally" replace your custom kernel (it sucks if/when it does and you don't notice until you reboot ...) My biggest reason, though, is we have a pretty fast server here where all kernel compiles occur. It's a pain to transfer the parts of the source tree to the target machine. It's simplicity itself to transfer/install a deb, OTOH ... -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)