Re: [rawhide social experiments] kernel-source(code) package removed once again ... (was: How to build kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.525)
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:42:00PM +0100, Manuel Moreno wrote:
** kernel-sourcecode (or whatever you call it) _is_ necessary to
build
drivers from other developers or vendors (madwifi, hostapp, intel,
Umm nope. Arjan is right here. The end user built modules don't need and
actually can't safely use kernel-sourcecode. BTW one thing you might
want to look at in this area is DKMS which is perhaps the current best
of breed management tool for this problem space.
** size is not an argument against because there are _enoumous_
'debuginfo' packages and they are rebuilt and posted regularly.
Not on the CD images
Alan