Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:28:43 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Arrr! Linux v2.6.14-rc2 |
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Sean wrote: > On Tue, September 20, 2005 10:25 am, Gene Heskett said: > > >>Humm, what are they holding out for, more ram or more cpu?:-) >> >>FWIW, http://master.kernel.org doesn't show it either just now. > > > Gene, > > While kernel.org snapshots will no doubt be working again shortly, you > might want to consider using git. It reduces the amount you have to > download for each release a lot. > > It's really easy to grab a copy of git and use it to grab the kernel: > > mkdir kernel > cd kernel > wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-core-0.99.7.tar.bz2 > tar -xvjf git-core-0.99.7.tar.bz2 > cd git-core-0.99.7 > make install > cd .. > > git clone \ > rsync://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git \ > linux > > cd linux > git checkout > > > The above is given as an attachment as well because of annoying word wrap > issues with the long url's. Anyway, after that you can stay current with > the latest Linus release with a simple "git pull".
But that pulls the current tree, doesn't it? Not the git release?
For purposes of bug reporting and fixing, I would think that having some reproducible version is superior. If I say git3, anyone can get it, it would appear that "git pull" isn't as deterministic.
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