[100314] in RedHat Linux List
Re: New Kernel Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Taylor)
Thu Nov 19 18:17:13 1998
From: Bob Taylor <brtaylor@inreach.com>
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:14:55 EST."
<199811191914.OAA17403@fourier.capital.edu.capital.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:08:42 -0800
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In message <199811191914.OAA17403@fourier.capital.edu.capital.edu>, Dave Reed w
rites:
>
>
> > > Gerry Doris wrote:
> > >
> > > Are the new kernels that appear at distributor sites the same? In other
>words,
> > > do distributors like Redhat modify those kernels for their own distributi
>ons or
> > > are they all the same.
> > >
[snip]
> Now the source should almost be the same. I believe the definition of
> pristine sources is not as strict as you make it - I think it means
> that the original source is pristine, but there my be patch files that
> the SRPM applies so the resulting code that is compiled may not be the
> same across distributions. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm
> wrong.
The source *is* pristine. If you look at the *.src.rpm you will find
therein a *tar.gz file. This file is unchanged from the distribution
site. Red Hat may then modify the sources and create a(n) patch(es).
This makes upgrading and creating a new *.src.rpm fairly simple.
Bob
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