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-----Original Message----- |
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From: AGottinger@××××××××.de [mailto:AGottinger@××××××××.de] |
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Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:33 AM |
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To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Kernel Dependency Question |
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>> If I install linux-sources-xxxxx and then build myself a kernel, it seems |
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>> that any package that requires linux-kernel-xxxxx goes ahead and installs |
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>> it. |
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>> It seems to me that the sources should (once compiled) give me eveything |
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the |
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>> kernel package gives me. Is this the case or am I missing something? I |
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>> suppose I could change the deps in the ebuild but it would be better if |
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>> there was some sort of global override. I RTFM but didn't see anything |
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that |
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>> explained this to me. |
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> All packages should depend on virtual/kernel which is provided by linux |
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> and linux-sources. |
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> But only linux and linux-extras provide virtual/alsa which is required |
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> by some packages. |
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> So you must install linux-extras after you builded and installed your |
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> kernel. |
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Ah-ha! This was indeed the root of the trouble. I installed linux-extras and |
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now the dependencies on linux-kernel have gone away. Thanks! |
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BTW, you guys have done/are doing a great job with Gentoo Linux. This is |
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exactly the sort of distribution I've been looking for after my travels in |
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BSDland. |
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Sean |
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