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From: Peter Ruskin <Peter.Ruskin@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] use of /usr/src/linux symlink
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:32:52
Message-Id: 200511081928.07444.Peter.Ruskin@dsl.pipex.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] use of /usr/src/linux symlink by Digby Tarvin
1 On Tuesday 08 November 2005 17:18, Digby Tarvin wrote:
2 > The convention in the Linux/gentoo filesystem seems to be to have
3 > a unique directory for each installed kernel in /usr/src, with a
4 > symbolic link to the 'current' kernel directory named
5 > /usr/src/linux..
6
7 You can add the following to /etc/conf.d/local.start:
8
9 ebegin "Checking that /usr/src/linux is linked to booted kernel..."
10 if [ "/usr/src/linux-$(uname -r)" != "$(ls -l /usr/src/linux|cut -f2
11 -d\>|cut -f2,3,4 -d' ')" ]
12 then
13 if [ -L /usr/src/linux ]
14 then
15 rm -f /usr/src/linux
16 ln -s /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux
17 fi
18 fi
19 eend $? "Failed to link /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r)
20 to /usr/src/linux"
21
22 This makes sure that whenever you reboot, /usr/src/linux always
23 points to the booted kernel.
24
25 --
26 Peter
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28 Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.51.22-r3. kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r5.
29 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.3.5-20050130.
30 KDE: 3.4.92 (beta2, >= 20051010). Qt: 3.3.4.
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Re: [gentoo-user] use of /usr/src/linux symlink Norberto Bensa <nbensa@×××.net>