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This is a tiny detail and I am not trying to nit pick, but does anyone know why Pat is not including the kernel sources for kernel patches in the patches/source directory? This is a non-issue for me or any other seasoned Slacker, but it is just something I noticed and was curious if Pat had commented about it?
I just found it unusual since Pat had included sources for 5.18 and 5.19 in the testing directory when those came out. And yes Marav and willysr are correct that it is unnecessary because the K directory exists, but config files change some times between incremental releases. Again non of this is important but merely a curiosity on my part.
I just found it unusual since Pat had included sources for 5.18 and 5.19 in the testing directory when those came out. And yes Marav and willysr are correct that it is unnecessary because the K directory exists, but config files change some times between incremental releases. Again non of this is important but merely a curiosity on my part.
The exact .config used for building and the kernel source itself is on kernel-source package which is shipped along.
Yeah I am aware of that, but downloading the kernel-source package and extracting the config files or installing it to get the config files is a bit more tedious then just providing them in the patch/source directory. But again, for any experienced Slacker this is a cake walk and not a problem in the least. Your point is well taken.
I don't really have a horse in this race as I build kernel packages with customized config files and generally not at the same version as Slackware (of which I use the SlackBuilds with very few modifications, though) , however... I assume that any user needing to build a package should know how to get a source archive @ kernel.org. Fortunately Patrick usually doesn't patch the kernel source, thus I can't remember of an issue doing that.
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