Linux Kernel MD5 sums and some question

Linux Kernel MD5 sums and some question

[Chaitanya Hazarey]

Hi all,

Lately I had some problems compiling the kernel source on my machine.
I guess nothing serious, but one thing came to my notice. I was
looking for the MD5 sums for the linux kenerl and found none. The Pgp
signatures are fine , but there seems no way to check the package.

The next question I would like to ask is that, how to I go
incrementally from linux kernel version 2.6.12.6 to 2.6.13 as no
patches seem to be provided for it.



Thanks,

Best Regards,

Chaitanya V.H.

Re: Linux Kernel MD5 sums and some question

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 12:26 +0530, Chaitanya Hazarey wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Lately I had some problems compiling the kernel source on my machine.
> I guess nothing serious, but one thing came to my notice. I was
> looking for the MD5 sums for the linux kenerl and found none. The Pgp
> signatures are fine , but there seems no way to check the package.
> 
> The next question I would like to ask is that, how to I go
> incrementally from linux kernel version 2.6.12.6 to 2.6.13 as no
> patches seem to be provided for it.

Revert the 2.6.12 -> 2.6.12.6 patch then apply the 2.6.13 patch to your
2.6.12 tree.

Lee

Re: Linux Kernel MD5 sums and some question

[Paolo Ornati]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:26:16 +0530
Chaitanya Hazarey <c.v.hazarey@gmail.com> wrote:

> The next question I would like to ask is that, how to I go
> incrementally from linux kernel version 2.6.12.6 to 2.6.13 as no
> patches seem to be provided for it.

patch-2.6.13 applies to 2.6.12, so you should revert 2.6.12.6 (patch
-R) and then apply patch-2.6.13.

This is a tool to automate the process:

	http://www.selenic.com/ketchup/wiki/

-- 
	Paolo Ornati
	Linux 2.6.14-rc5-gd475f3f4 on x86_64

Re: Linux Kernel MD5 sums and some question

[Jesper Juhl]

On 10/27/05, Chaitanya Hazarey <c.v.hazarey@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Lately I had some problems compiling the kernel source on my machine.
> I guess nothing serious, but one thing came to my notice. I was
> looking for the MD5 sums for the linux kenerl and found none. The Pgp
> signatures are fine , but there seems no way to check the package.
>
Yes, there is a way to check the files; verify the pgp signature. If
the file has been modified the signature won't validate.

> The next question I would like to ask is that, how to I go
> incrementally from linux kernel version 2.6.12.6 to 2.6.13 as no
> patches seem to be provided for it.
>
http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/applying-patches.txt


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Re: Linux Kernel MD5 sums and some question

[Jon Masters]

On 10/27/05, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/27/05, Chaitanya Hazarey <c.v.hazarey@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Lately I had some problems compiling the kernel source on my machine.
> > I guess nothing serious, but one thing came to my notice. I was
> > looking for the MD5 sums for the linux kenerl and found none. The Pgp
> > signatures are fine , but there seems no way to check the package.

> Yes, there is a way to check the files; verify the pgp signature. If
> the file has been modified the signature won't validate.

But having signed MD5 sums would be a solution.

That way people can check a). Did they download the kernel properly?
b). Was it genuine? in two distinct steps. Others will think that's a
*really* bad idea :-)

Jon.