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On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 12:11:32PM +0300, Evgeny A. Grebennikov wrote: |
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> Hello gentoo-dev, |
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> I have a question about updating kernel sources. I have to download |
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> kernel sources every time kernel version is up (using portage system), |
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> but here is a small patches at kernel.org for updating sources without |
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> full download. |
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> In my opinion it's more rationally to realize kernel sources updating |
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> with patching method. If it's not so, please explain me why? |
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Search bugzilla for the discussion on this. |
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Additionally, see this blog posting about a workaround for the meantime: |
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http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2005/03/using-getdelta-to-reduce-size-of-distfiles-download/ |
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