Re: Download process for a "split kernel" (was: obsolete code must die)

[Richard Gooch]

Daniel Phillips writes:
> On Thursday 14 June 2001 10:34, Alexander Viro wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > > This sounds a lot like apt-get, doesn't it?
> >
> > Folks, RTFFAQ, please. URL is attached to the end of each posting.
> 
> The FAQ blesses the idea of people setting up incremental download
> services, condems the idea of asking Linus to change his procedures
> to support this.

As it should.

> It has nothing to say about the idea of leveraging the cml2 code
> base to let apt-get configure and build kernels better, which was
> the point of my post.

That has been left as an excercise for the FAQ reader.

> Presumably you want this question added to the FAQ? ;-)

Going into this in detail is not the purpose of the FAQ, but a small,
concise patch will be looked upon favourably :-) A link to a more
detailed page would nicely supplement a small chunk of text.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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