[100319] in RedHat Linux List
Re: New Kernel Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Reed)
Thu Nov 19 18:44:40 1998
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:48:14 -0500
From: Dave Reed <dreed@capital.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199811192308.PAA31929@ann.qtpi.lakewood.ca.us> (message from Bob
Taylor on Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:08:42 -0800)
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> > > > 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
>
> --
> +---------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Bob Taylor Email: brtaylor@inreach.com |
> |---------------------------------------------------------------|
That's essentially what I was saying, although you said it much more
clearly. The original question had to do with the kernel - if you
download RedHat's kernel-source rpm (not a .src.rpm), I don't think
there is any guarantee that it does not have some patches applied to
it and certainly if you download two compiled kernels and modules, there
is no guarantee the kernels are the same.
Dave
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