Hi all,
I am somewhat new to Debian and Iam not sure if this is possible. I want
to compile a 2.6.16 from source but the minimum requirement listed under
Documentation/Changes are not satisfied under Sarge. udev, for example,
has to be 071 or higher.
I did try backports.org but there were too many other dependencies and I
didn't want to make all the changes without getting some advice first.
Can I compile 2.6.16 from source under Sarge?
I am assuming that even if I compile a kernel under unstable or testing,
I will still need to meet the kernel requirements to be able to install
it under Sarge. Am I correct?
In case you are wondering why I am doing this, I would like to setup an
IPSec firewall/router and my understanding is that for kernels below
2.6.16 I will have to apply netfilter/iptables patches to be able to use
Policy Match and other features with Shorewall. Is this correct? I
thought it was going to be easier to compile a recent kernel instead of
figuring out the patches but it looks like this is just as difficult to
follow.
Thanks
Shahim
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