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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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Peter Johanson |
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<latexer@g.o> |
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