Hi, On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 11:36 +0100, Gianluca Sforna wrote: > As you surely know, all the (two...) binaries kernel modules we used > to ship were removed from rawhide. > As a result, the sysprof package can't work due to the missing kernel module. > > I investigated the possibility of including the needed module in the kernel: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.kernel/802 > > but it seems it's not going to happen (at least, not soon enough...) > so here is my B plan... > > I prepared a sysprof update with the following modifications: > > 1. provide a subpackage with the kernel module sources > 2. let this package obsolete kmod-sysprof > 3. provide a build procedure for the kernel module > 4. patch the main sysprof application to help the user understanding > what is going on Please don't do this. What would be an advantage of this approach compared to shipping a binary module? The solution that seems most logical for me is to remove the sysprof package from Fedora altogether, and it will surely find some love in Livna and RPMFusion. -- Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
