Re: kernel-package or kernel bug???
>>"Brian" == Brian May <bam@debian.org> writes:
Brian> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Sep 27 08:21 /lib/modules/2.2.17/build -> /homes/bam/admin/linux/linux-2.2.17/
Brian> I use make-kpkg to generate my kernel (and some problem occurred on at
Brian> least two different computers). Yes, this symlink does appear in the
Brian> *.deb file.
Brian> Does this symlink represent a bug somewhere?
Nope. This is an artifact of the kernel makefile; they install
the link when one does a installs the modules.
Brian> I was rather puzzled at boot-up when depmod seemed to be scanning the
Brian> entire linux source tree.
Brian> This is an pure potato system, although perhaps not entirely
Brian> up-to-date, as ftp.au.debian.org seems to have lost its Debian
Brian> packages :-(
Therein lies your problem. Your kernel needs a newer modutils
than you have installed. Look into the kernel source Documentation
dir for the versions oif software you need to have installed.
manoj
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