[DRBD-user] Updating Kernel w/out Updating DRBD

[Eric Robinson]

> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 02:21:10PM +0000, Eric Robinson wrote:
> > > > Also, I find it odd that the option to build from source is only
> > > > in the DRBD 8.3 User Guide and was left out of the 8.4 and 9.X
> > > > User Guides. (I'm sure the reason is obvious to everyone else I
> > > > just missed
> > > > something.)
> > >
> > > As I maintain parts of the build system and the documentation
> > > framework I can answer that (happened at least once here on the ML):
> > >
> > > - If information is in the UG and is wrong, it is a bug.
> > > - Documenting all possible build flavors for all distributions we
> > >   support is too much maintenance work. Looking at the build system and
> > >   the various hacks we need for outdated distributions (especially the
> > >   rpm ones with different and broken macros), that would fill pages in
> > >   the UG to *really* get it right. And I'm reluctant to accept patches
> > >   for "the general case", it always outdates and needs maintenance for
> > >   basically no gain. If you need (special kinds of) packages, you are a)
> > >   clever enough to figure it out on your own, or b) you let somebody
> > >   else figure that out for you. Thanks to Veith for his great summary,
> > >   we as LINBIT obviously also provide all kinds of packages for various
> > >   kinds of distributions for our customers.
> > >
> > > Regards, rck
> >
> > Thanks for the clarification. May I suggest that a brief comment such
> > as you provided above would be an excellent addition to the UG? Since
> > the build instructions have always worked for me for the past twelve
> > years, it threw me for a loop when they silently disappeared from the
> > 8.4 and 9.X user guides. I was constantly wondering if I was doing
> > something wrong by using the old instructions as a guideline.
> >
> 
> Fair enough, I put it on the TODO list for the UGs.
> 
> Regards, rck

Thank you very much!

--Eric