On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:57:49AM +0000, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:I hope that clarifies things. The kernel is a special case - the kernel-source package would perhaps be better named the kernel-dev package, in the same way that many library packages have -dev equivalents with header files.
And in fact, the kernel-source package is gone in FC3. The headers and so on
are installed with every binary kernel package. I heard someone saying that
there were plans to split that further into kernel-devel, but that hasn't
shown up in the devel tree.
Thanks for responding! I'm still a little confused. There's kernel-doc, kernel-source, and kernel*src
I still very much a beginner. I bought a pre-loaded redhat linux system from Tiger Direct in 2000, and it mostly sat unattended for over three years. After I was laid off, I obtained and did a clean default install of redhat 9 using the pre-installed 6.2 default partitions. I've managed to keep it up2date as I learn about it.
I think I understand that kernel*src if for those who want to make changes and compile their own custom kernel. (Scary! [to me])
I think I never had kernel-source installed, or I uninstalled it, because up2date has not replaced it with the legacy current version.
I'm running my shrike-legacy system as a lan server for web development.
Is kernel-source not essential to linux?
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