kernel source/module directions and why windows users are happy
seth vidal
skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Mon Aug 23 02:30:47 UTC 2004
On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 16:28 -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >>- rename kernel-source to kernel-sourcecode. actualy it doesn't bother
> >>me too much, but i don't see any reason for this. this just confuse
> >>everyone.
> >
> >
> > it was done to work around yum/up2date/apt breakage.
>
> Actually apt could upgrade from i386 to noarch just fine.
>
And it could 'upgrade' from i686 to i586 for a kernel just fine, too.
Except for that whole breaking nptl, glibc and therefore rpm in the
shuffle. There's a reason why both yum and up2date don't switch b/t
archs in an update by default.
-sv
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