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this is against kernel policy since we never should be building against
the current running kernel.
we should be building against what we dictate via KERNEL_DIR.
think critical modules which need to run at the next boot of a new
kernel.
On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 23:51 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 11:54:28PM +0000, Daniel Drake wrote:
> > + einfo "This package requires Linux sources."
> > + if [ "${KERNEL_DIR}" == "/usr/src/linux" ] ; then
> > + einfo "Please make sure that ${KERNEL_DIR} points at your running kernel, "
> > + einfo "(or the kernel you wish to build against)."
> > + einfo "Alternatively, set the KERNEL_DIR environment variable to the kernel sources location"
> > + else
> > + einfo "Please ensure that the KERNEL_DIR environment variable points at full Linux sources of the kernel you wish to compile against."
> > + fi
> > + die "Cannot locate Linux sources at ${KERNEL_DIR}"
>
> Why not use /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source - it works for 2.6 at least.
> It could be your first try - second /usr/src/linux/...
>
> Sam
>
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