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Subject[PATCH] Slightly Rearrange README File
This was suggested by a user yesterday.  I am not sure whom this should go
to, so it's going to the list in general.

Currently, the instructions for installing a kernel source tree are
followed by a section for software requirements in the README file. This
seems a bit backwards.

The attached patch simply moves the "SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS" section to
before the kernel installation, configuration, and compilation
instructions.

--
Alex Goddard
agoddard@purdue.edu--- personal-2.6.0-test2-bk3/README.old 2003-08-04 12:08:28.397726216 -0500
+++ personal-2.6.0-test2-bk3/README 2003-08-04 12:12:02.902116592 -0500
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
After installation, "make psdocs", "make pdfdocs", or "make htmldocs"
will render the documentation in the requested format.

+SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
+
+ Compiling and running the 2.5.xx kernels requires up-to-date
+ versions of various software packages. Consult
+ ./Documentation/Changes for the minimum version numbers required
+ and how to get updates for these packages. Beware that using
+ excessively old versions of these packages can cause indirect
+ errors that are very difficult to track down, so don't assume that
+ you can just update packages when obvious problems arise during
+ build or operation.
+
INSTALLING the kernel:

- If you install the full sources, put the kernel tarball in a
@@ -97,17 +108,6 @@ INSTALLING the kernel:

You should now have the sources correctly installed.

-SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
-
- Compiling and running the 2.5.xx kernels requires up-to-date
- versions of various software packages. Consult
- ./Documentation/Changes for the minimum version numbers required
- and how to get updates for these packages. Beware that using
- excessively old versions of these packages can cause indirect
- errors that are very difficult to track down, so don't assume that
- you can just update packages when obvious problems arise during
- build or operation.
-
CONFIGURING the kernel:

- Do a "make config" to configure the basic kernel. "make config" needs
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