speakup modified kernel source

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Hi people,

Shane has prepared a speakup modified kernel package for 2.6.17, which I 
have installed on my new system, running Debian Sid. He has a binary 
package available, and a source package. My question is:

Is the source package identical to the binary package? That is, was the 
binary prepared from that source? 

I ask because I would like to keep my kernel as current as possible, 
updating it whenever the Debian folks release a new source package with 
the latest Debian patches. I cannot tell if Shane's source package is 
following the updates issued by the Debian kernel team or not. I know 
the binary is not regularly updated, and perhaps the source isn't 
either.

When I try to do apt-get install linux-source-2.6.17 after including the 
archive where Shane's packages are available in my sources.list, I no 
longer get the kernel from the Debian team, but Shane's source package, 
with "-speakup" appended.

Thanks,

Chuck

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