From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 11:05:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 11:05:49 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([212.71.160.16]:24325 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 11:05:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:05:05 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: Martin Dalecki Cc: Alan Cox , Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73 Message-ID: <20020530150505.GA6915@louise.pinerecords.com> In-Reply-To: <3CF622F0.4050304@evision-ventures.com> <1022772774.12888.380.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <3CF62F2A.6030009@evision-ventures.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i X-OS: GNU/Linux 2.4.19-pre9/sparc SMP X-Uptime: 19:33 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 14:02, Martin Dalecki wrote: > > > >>1. util-linux doesn't cover half of the system utilities needed on > >> a sanely actual Linux system. > >>2. The Linux vendors have to apply insane number of patches to it > >> util it's moderately usable. > > > >So now you have nothing better to do than insult someone whose code > >works, is shipped in just about every distribution. Someone whose kernel > >patches are almost without fail perfect first time. > > > >You should learn from Andries not mock him. > > rpm -i util-linux-xxx.src.rpm ... tells you exactly nothing, because redhat people would even patch /bin/true if it could be made to do anything extra. util-linux build procedure from SlackBuild in slackware-current: tar xjvf $CWD/util-linux-$VERSION.tar.bz2 cd util-linux-$VERSION zcat $CWD/util-linux.MCONFIG.diff.gz | patch -E --backup -p1 --suffix=.orig ./configure make T.