kernel-sourcecode (was: Re: kernel-2.6.7-1.441 - x86-64 ...)

[Arjan van de Ven]

> > we're phasing those out in favor of documenting how to use rpmbuild -bp on
> > the .src.rpm; it's a bit silly to ship the same stuff twice really...
> 
> Hm, at least in the past these two were not precisely the same
> although the bulk, clearly, was identical.  In ...<arch>.rpm there
> were various bits-and-pieces build specific - like versioned
> symbols.


that is not the case for any of the 2.6 rpms I did since the early days
and in FC2.


> So from POV of an end-user this is not that benign change as it
> looks in the first glance and we hear all the time "disk space is
> cheap" when complaining about some bulk monsters.  From some
> postings it looks like that this change will spell serious trouble
> even for some participants of this list.

in FC2 you ALREADY cannot use kernel-sourcecode for building modules
against so the change is a lot smaller than you make it out to be.

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