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Bug#281739: kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686: dangling source symlink in /lib/modules/`uname -r`



On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:18:18AM -0500, Charles Lepple wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686
> Version: 2.6.9-2
> Severity: minor
> 
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
> In both 2.6.9-1-686 and 2.6.8-1-686, there is a dangling symlink which
> seems to point to a temporary source directory from the build process:
> 
> $ ls -l /lib/modules/*/source           # whitespace added for clarity
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 88 2004-11-15 16:27
> /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/source ->
> /home/dilinger/src/kernel/kernel-image/2.6.8-5/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386-2.6.8/install-686
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 95 2004-11-17 09:46
> /lib/modules/2.6.9-1-686/source ->
> /tmp/debian-kernel-test/kernel-image-2.6.9-i386-2.6.9/kernel-image-2.6.9-i386-2.6.9/install-686
> 
> It doesn't pose a problem for me, but it might trip up others who need
> to build out-of-tree kernel modules. The source symlink should probably
> belong to the corresponding kernel-source package.

Thanks,

looks like something is astray there. 
I am guessing the link is an artifact from the make-kpgk build
should be omitted from the package.

-- 
Horms



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