On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Wednesday 07 January 2004 02:46 pm, Jack Spaar wrote: > > For the kernel-source, would it be possible to issue > > a patch instead of requiring the full 39MB download for > > each kernel update? > > IIRC, the rhmask way required you to keep the original install RPM on hand, > and all deltas were to the pristine install, which means that there is always > only one delta necessary (current errata to pristine install). One of the big issues of course is that a [large] number of people will install the kernel-source RPM so they can make changes/patches, e.g. to get the latest XYZ driver that isn't bundled with the kernel yet. If I understand the above, it would become a painstaking process to re-patch and re-compile the kernel completely from scratch each time we install an update via this "delta" mechanism. Just my $0.02 -Dan
