Re: looking to clarify necessity of rawhide RPMs for 2.6 kernel

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> mkinitrd-3.5.7-2:  i upgraded this based on someone else's recommendation,
>   and it seems to work, but can someone explain what it adds/fixes
>   WRT to 2.6?  just curious.

needed to make the initrd use the new modules stuff

> initscripts-7.28-1:  again, updated based on someone else's advice.
>   i still get a number of boot-time errors/warnings, but once the
>   system is up, everything seems to be fine.  so what's the change
>   here?
bugfix wrt some changed /proc filename wrt new modules stuff


> nfs-utils-1.0.3-4.1:  clearly optional, depending on whether you're 
>   running NFS.  what's the fixes/enhancements here?
> 

afaik new ABI for the kernel

>   so, starting with a pristine 2.6-test kernel, is the above all
> that one needs to upgrade for the time being?  and are there any
> interesting patches in the current 2.6-test RPMs that would be worth
> pointing out?

the rpms on my people site are just about unpatches (eg only patched the
configuration tool to play nice in rpms)

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