Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: George Shapovalov <georges@×××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Three questions about making a backup of Gentoo.
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 02:24:15
Message-Id: 200204140016.02610.georges@its.caltech.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Three questions about making a backup of Gentoo. by Paul
1 > George Shapovalov <georges@×××××××××××.edu>, on Sat Apr 13, 2002 [08:42:23
2 PM] said:
3 > > No and yes for some. You will need kernel-headers to compile some system
4 > > libs such as glibc.
5 > >
6 > > George
7 >
8 > Hi;
9 >
10 > Minor nit.
11 > The kernel headers used by the general system are a
12 > separate package from the kernel sources. If unmerging the kernel
13 > source removes them, then that is a bug. (It doesnt for me.)
14 If you installed kernel-source and then kernel-headers then they will not be
15 removed. Otherwise you can just emerge kernel-headers (they will be emerged
16 automatically if they are not installed and you are emerging the package
17 denendent on them, provided of course the ebuild was written properly).
18
19 George