On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 18:43 +0000, Mike Hearn wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to propose that kernel updates release via fedora-updates use the > same modversions.h as the last one if there were no interface > changes. I know that may be a controversial proposal, but read on. > > For security fixes, it's rare (but not impossible) that a kernel interface > changes. In practice those ALWAYS change. That's just speaking from experience. Fedora doesn't have kernel updates that are "just" minimal security fixes. And even with those it's really hard to not break the internal abi (or even to know you didn't break the abi, since there is no abi definition or no way to really check it) to the point that it's ALWAYS better to just recompile. Once you're set up for that, there's no point in doing weird hacks for the 1 in 100 where you could avoid the recompile; it's then so rare that it becomes REALLY fragile and just breaks more than it fixes.
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