On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 06:57:29PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 5 Jan, Pollywog wrote about "kernel question" > > I just found out that Linux kernel 2.2.14 is out and it is stable. > > Debian does not yet have a kernel-source-2.2.14-deb out. Can I just use a > > regular kernel source tarball to make a custom kernel image the Debian way? > > I have done this before but I suspect there were some additional steps I had > > to perform. > > > > Should I just wait for the Debian source package? > > > > Just do it! Just use make-kpkg with a revision name that will be > greater than 2.2.14-1(this will be the version number of the > kernel-image once it is released) and you will be fine.
Note that kernel-package 6.27 has a small bug, you'll have to update the /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old symlinks yourself if lilo.conf refers to them. This bug has been reported and should be fixed soon. > Basically anything with a letter will be fine, something like > pollywog.1. Use dpkg to check it if you are not sure. > > #dpkg --compare-versions 2.2.14-1 ge pollywog.1 ; echo $? > 1 > #dpkg --compare-versions 2.2.14-1 lt pollywog.1 ; echo $? > 0 > > So the first one failed and the second one was successful, i.e. the > version number of 'pollywog.1' will be considered as newer than a > version number of 2.2.14-1 by dpkg. Since the Debian kernel packages > always have the version number the same as the kernel version number > then you will be fine. Unless the Debian package uses an epoch... Check the archives for more info. Also check the archive for specifics on how to use kernel-package. -- finger for GPG public key. 29 Nov 1999 - new email address added to gpg key
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