Package: installation-manual Severity: important There are many things wrong with the current text for "Compiling a New Kernel".
- "It is often not necessary since the default kernel shipped with Debian handles most configurations." This is a great under- statement: almost all configurations are covered. - "Also, Debian often offers several alternative kernels." Actually there is less and less need for alternative kernels... - It recommends using kernel-package, but the upstream "make deb-pkg" recipe is usually a better choice - The linux-source-2.6 metapackage was transitional in wheezy and _does_not_exist_ in jessie. - The list of build-dependencies is missing many packages. I propose to remove almost the entire text and refer to the Debian Kernel Handbook (online and packaged). Ben. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: amd64 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
