Re: Bug#336732: /lib/modules/*/build symlink should be ignored when checking if kernel is installed
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 12:41:21PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
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> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:21:39 +0100
> Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl> wrote:
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> > On Monday 07 November 2005 10:52, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > > That's silly. I have compiled a kernel image, I have the
> > > sources lying around, and now I must compile a headers package
> > > and install it, duplicating loads of files, just to compile a
> > > module? Why? Upstream Makefile already install the source and build
> > > links, which work, why go out of our way to remove them to make the
> > > end user install yet another package?
> >
> > I agree with Manoj here: the user should have the option of having
> > _either_ the full kernel sources installed _or_ the kernel headers
> > package.
> > Does the scheme proposed by the kernel team make this possible?
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> If the scheme includes the plan for module-building summarized by Sven
> [1] then I believe the answer is no.
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> If instead the scheme includes the adjusted[3] plan for module-building
> [2] then I believe the answer is yes.
Ok, it seems Jonas knows how to do this better than everyone, and also
resorted to insulting me, i guess i was wrong on these issues, and i hope him
big luck in fixing the kernel packages the way he and Manoj want them.
Jonas, the way you spoke to me is unexcusable, and i can't work with you in
these conditions, please don't adress me again in the near future.
Sven Luther
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