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> Packages don't neccesarilly need to be a kernel at all. If -src were |
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> implemented, there would be apache-src, kdelibs-src, gcc-src, etc... |
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That would mean that portage wouldn't be able to track the files |
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installed when doing a "make install" on those packages... As the |
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kernels don't install anything, but in /lib/modules/`uname -r` where the |
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kernel-modules go, portage doesn't have to track the files generated by |
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a kernel-compile. But to be able to remove files which ordinary packages |
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install portage has to be able to track the files installed by those |
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packages. This would mean that portage would have to be extensively |
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modified to be able to handle the files installed by a "make install" |
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from a package merged to /usr/src. |
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Just a thought... |
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