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In aus.computers.linux Bah <not@here.com> wrote:
> In aus.computers.linux Peter Caffin <no-spam-4-pc-please@it.net.au> wrote:
> : I'm trying to get hold of as86 so I can recompile the kernel
> : on this Debian 2.0 system. I'd rather get it from a .deb on my CDROM if
> : possible, rather than downloading a binary or source.

> bin86 is the deb, or binutils

Yup. I found it as bin86.

> for some reason dpkg doesnt have a suggests or a reccomends on this one
> for kernel-source packages

There were a few queries about the as and as86 thing (everyone seems to
try the soft link to as in the first instance.. odd) when I was searching 
for answers. I'm curious as to why the divide is there. Do they each
provide functionality which the other doesn't? Why the duplication?

Having the suggests rule in the kernel source package probably wouldn't
have helped me much as my initial (pre-built) kernel was the standard
pre-compiled one from the CDROM install and the kernel source I'm using 
to compile the new kernel is made from tarballs from www.kernel.org.

Anyhow, thanks for the help guys :).


Peter.