Re: /lib/modules/<version>/build -- why a link?
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> Derrick 'dman' Hudson <dman@dman13.dyndns.org> [2004-06-18 20:22]:
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 03:12:19PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote:
> | Dear all,
> |
> | why is /lib/modules/<version>/build a symbolic link?
> |
> | Wouldn't it ease deployment of kernels if it included directly the
> | headers that were used for building the kernel?
>
> I don't -know-, but my guess is because not every system needs to have
> the headers installed. Thus the headers are in a different package,
> not in the kernel-image package.
>
That's right, but why do the headers not get installed 'physically'
there when the kernel-headers package is installed?
wbr,
Lukas
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