Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ubuntu kernel tree

[Ben Collins]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 06:32:01PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 06:05:44PM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 18:08, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > On Llu, 2005-11-07 at 16:33 +0000, Daniel Drake wrote:
> > > > Source RPM's will just contain a Linux kernel tree with your patches already 
> > > > applied, right?
> > > 
> > > Of course not. Its an rpm file. RPM files contain a set of broken out
> > > patches and base tar ball plus controlling rules for application. It's
> > > rather more advanced than .deb sources.
> > 
> > That's a troll, Alan. .deb contain exactely the same things.
> 
> No, he's right.

That's only right in the simplest form. However, the debian kernel and a
huge portion of other complex packages contain a debian/patches/ directory
that gets applied at build time. Each patch is broken out seperately, with
description embedded in the patch.

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   Ben Collins <ben.collins@xxxxxxxxxx>
   Developer
   Ubuntu Linux
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