On Friday 10 September 2004 03:57 pm, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 03:10:15PM -0400, John Check wrote: > > On Thursday 09 September 2004 04:03 pm, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 09:24:24PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > > > > On Thursday 09 September 2004 19:00, > > > > linux-audio-user-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Really, the package system for debian is pretty easy and when you've got > > a package already most of the work is already done.. Make a couple of > > edits to the control files and build. The kernel-utils make it easy: > > make-kpkg clean && make-kpkg kernel-image modules-image && dpkg > > -i ../kernel-image.deb ../modules-image.deb && reboot > > or portions thereof. > > I tried doing things this way many months ago, but couldn't get it > working ... I'll have to look into it again. I believe you when you say > it should be really easy. I can't remember exactly what went wrong. > Okay well, lemme know what happens when you do. > > > I'm not sure how to work this into debian longterm. Probably Lee's idea > > > to get it in the kernel is the best plan. The other option is to have > > > some crazy soul paying attention to debian kernel builds and getting a > > > new lsm.deb built and uploaded to unstable for every new kernel. I > > > would > > > > More like get every kernel package builder to carry the realtime-lsm > > source. Pretty sure that's how they provide the ALSA packages > > I've been feeling more and more lately that I need to stop doing things > my own way. It works for me, but I figure if I can figure out problems > on my own system, it can't be that much more effort to figure things out > within the debian framework. That way I could help more people than my > self with minimal additional effort. Besides, most of the time my > problems will already have been solved by someone else. > > -Eric Rz. Yes, well I went to Debian for the convenience. They have utilities to do everything, one just needs to know what they are. That's what the policy manual is for.
