From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:34:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:34:18 -0500 Received: from smtp.mailbox.net.uk ([195.82.125.32]:43435 "EHLO smtp.mailbox.net.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:34:01 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:34:33 +0000 From: Russell King To: "Strange, John" Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: include/linux/autoconf.h missing from 2.4.13? Message-ID: <20011031223433.A4927@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <313680C9A886D511A06000204840E1CF3F0F02@whq-msgusr-02.pit.comms.marconi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <313680C9A886D511A06000204840E1CF3F0F02@whq-msgusr-02.pit.comms.marconi.com>; from John.ws.Strange@marconi.com on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:37:35PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:37:35PM -0500, Strange, John wrote: > This is really odd and I've double checked but for some reason a kernel that > I downloaded from > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.13.tar.gz doesn't seem > to have the autoconf.h The release kernels aren't supposed to have an autoconf.h - they're generated by the make config / make menuconfig / make xconfig stage. > Now the weird thing is that I downloaded this to another machine yesterday > from the same url, which seems to have the autoconf.h??? I'm a little > confused at the inconsistency and it worried me a little bit as possibly > being tampered with? You can always verify the integrity of your downloaded package - see http://www.kernel.org/signature.html for instructions on this. This will show if any tampering has occured, but I doubt it. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html