Re: Buggy kernel-sources package in Debian 2.1?
Hi,
>>"pedro" == pedro i sanchez <pedro.i.sanchez@altavista.net> writes:
pedro> I'm trying to install the kernel-source-2.0.36 package from
pedro> the 2.1 distribution. I call dpkg -i <deb_file> and everything
pedro> seems to work fine, no errors are reported. However, when dpkg
pedro> is done I look at /usr/src and it doesn't have the source tree
pedro> or any of the simlinks; the only thing I see is an untared tar
pedro> file with the kernel sources.
The symlinks are now obsolete. You don't need to have any
symlinks in place at all in order to compile the kernel images
(please read /usr/doc/kernel-source-X.X.XX/README.* for
explanations).
pedro> Has anyone experienced this? If I untar the tar file manually,
pedro> what are the required simlinks I need to create (like
pedro> /usr/src/linux)?
No symlinks are required. I personally untar the sources in
/usr/local/src/kernel; and compile it there.
manoj
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