Hello Olle Eriksson (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> What is the difference between the kernel source from kernel.org and > the Debian kernel-source-* packages? The only thing I can find about > that is some discussion from 1997 concluding that there is no > difference except that the debian packages handles the /usr/src/linux > symlink for you. Sorry if I am missing some obvious docs now. Take a look at the changelog.Debian.gz that is included in the package. It will tell you about the differences between the Debian package and the original kernel source. The kernel-source-2.4.18 package from Woody for example includes a lot of secuity fixes for problems that were discovered in the last two years, after 2.4.18 was originally released. > And, about that /usr/src/linux symlink. I have installed new kernels > from the kernel-source packages a few times and I have never seen this > symlink on my system. Is it safe to be without it? Yes. You will notice when you need it - mostly for compiling drivers, but in most of that cases you can tell the configure script/make where the kernel source/kernel headers are. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]