Re: Bug#336732: /lib/modules/*/build symlink should be ignored when checking if kernel is installed
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:21:39 +0100
Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> 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?
If the scheme includes the plan for module-building summarized by Sven
[1] then I believe the answer is no.
If instead the scheme includes the adjusted[3] plan for module-building
[2] then I believe the answer is yes.
I would appreciate more info on that scheme[4] - and would be happy to
put it on wiki if it is not already documented somewhere.
- Jonas
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModulesPackaging?action=recall&rev=2
[2] http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModulesPackaging?action=recall&rev=8
[3] Sven feels strongly about the kernel team mentioned on the adjusted
page.
[4] A "read backlog" is no use: IRC is for chatting, not
documenting!
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