From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (static-45.wlym.com [216.12.222.45]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40E910A1C for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:28:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-192.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.192]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m6QIS1nu016133 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:28:03 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m6QIRwB8002627 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:28:01 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.13.7/Submit) id m6QIRwCd002624; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:27:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18571.27822.290358.189105@ccs.covici.com> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:27:58 -0400 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: question on speakup-source debian package In-Reply-To: <20080726175306.GA16922@clearwire.net> References: <20080725223621.GA6738@localhost.localdomain> <20080726034145.GA2336@clearwire.net> <20080726062351.GA16866@localhost.localdomain> <20080726175306.GA16922@clearwire.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:28:04 -0000 OK, I should put in a word here -- in the latest speakup and I am not sure about how Debian implements this, the kernel is not actually patched unless you want to be able to use menuconfig to control what is built in or not -- it just compiles the modules and you load the ones you want. Kernel source is no longer touched at all. Hope this helps. on Saturday 07/26/2008 Gaijin(gaijin@clearwire.net) wrote > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:23:51PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > I think you didn't read my question carefully enough. > > I replied to what I quoted from your previous post. I'm > old-school and prefer a simple tarball over any of the other "supposed" > shortcut utilities to help patch the kernel, like git and > module-assistant, the latter who's use never seems to be mentioned when > patching SpeakUP into a kernel. I'm just saying that you could compile > a 2.6.26 kernel on a Commodore-64 if the compiler is correct, as it just > translates sourcecode into bits and bytes the CPU understands. I'm > assuming from what I've gathered that git just downloads the SpeakUP > code, though I've never gotten it to work, and running the patch script > that comes with SpeakUP is what patches the kernel. Others can correct > me if I'm wrong. I'm not sure why module-assistant was added for Debian > and seems like just another complication tossed into the process, so I'm > looking for a different distro that doesn't depend on 5 million lines of > perl script just to keep it working. Debian already has 7 (that I know > of) interfaces into the package manager alone, each with extensive > documentation. > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com