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what about /usr/src/linus-beta? |
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-John |
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On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 03:44, Peter Johanson wrote: |
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> hey all, |
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> in my work on bug #32737 for external module compilation, i've come |
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> upon one or two instances of problems with kernel module ebuilds. Wanted |
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> to shoot out a quick reminder/announcement about it. |
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> Kernel module ebuilds should *always* pull their information from |
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> /usr/src/linux/ and not from using `uname` or looking in /proc, etc. |
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> Ebuilds need to remain as "location agnostic" as possible so that liveCD |
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> building and other things people might be doing do not affect things. |
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> (image someone doing a bunch of ebuild installations for some kernel so |
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> they can tar up the bzImage and /lib/modules/${KV} for another box using |
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> portage.) |
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> So whenever possible, please grab all your info from /usr/src/linux |
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> Thanks for listening to my mini-rant. (: |
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> -pete |
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