Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

From: John O'Hagan (johnohagan_at_iprimus.com.au)
Date: 10/31/05

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:18:40 +1100

    Antony Gelberg wrote:
    >John O'Hagan wrote:
    >>Hi all,
    >>
    >> I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel
    >>sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and the
    >>stock source from kernel.org.
    >>
    [...]
    >>
    >> What do I need to be aware of if I use stock sources?
    >
    >You (should) still use make-kpg with vanilla sources. The differences between
    >Debian and vanilla are in /usr/share/doc/<kernel>/changelog.Debian.gz for
    >each version.
     
    [...]
     
     
    Thanks for your reply, Antony.

    Unfortunately, the only document I could find matching your description above
    was last updated in 1998! Do you you know where I might find more current
    information on the differences between Debian and vanilla kernel sources?

    Thanks,

    John 

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