In <20110209223754.5fa03...@ws82.int.tlc>, Dan Serban wrote: >I ask. What is the "real" ... "accepted" ... and "suggested" method that I >follow, I don't understand why kernel-package looks deprecated, or what >have you, but any information would be appreciated.
If you want to use Debian's configuration and Debian's patches I'd look into downloading the source package and modifying it, but that can be a daunting task; there are a number of Debian-isms to learn along the way. Once you know what you are doing, you can update the debian/changelog, use a target in debian/rules to prepare a .orig.tar, and use dpkg-buildpkg to get a set of binary packages that are significantly similar to the ones from the kernel packaging team. If you just want a .deb to install, I've heard there's a makefile target in the kernel tarball that works fine. I believe but can't confirm that the .debs generated by the makefile in the kernel tarball will properly invoke the postint scripts that are used to update grub.cfg, menu.lst, or the lilo boot sector. The wiki has some pretty good information, too: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelCustomCompilation All of those pages seem to reference: http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ Specifically: http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html which I'm pretty sure is the official documentation produced by the Debian Linux Kernel packaging team. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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