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On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 18:39, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Thanks, this works (never heard of this file before). But there is |
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>> one small problem: no wildcards are allowed, so whenever new sorces |
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>> come I'll have to edit package.provided again, and again... BTW why |
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>> should kmod depend on kernel-sources? Or even better, why should be |
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>> kmod installed, if I have static (non-modular) kernel? |
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> Because your use case is not standard. The normal situation for users |
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> with kmod installed (and you have already kmod installed, since in |
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> your --pretend run appears as to be reinstalled) is for them to use |
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> kernel modules. The developers cannot handle every possible |
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> combination of configurations, so defaults are set for the least weird |
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> cases, or the common case even. |
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> |
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> Your setup is not the norm; therefore, it depends on you to keep it as |
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> you like it. |
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> Regards. |
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The case is actually quite common; Linux *sources* are only needed for |
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building kernels on the local machine (and - if used - additional |
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modules like nvidia-drivers). |
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Anyone who does not build the kernel on the local machine, e.g. taking |
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stock kernels from Debian/Fedora/..., kernel provided by |
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netboot/openvz/Xen domUs or build them remotely will almost never need |
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linux-sources installed. |
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BTW this will also add full kernel sources to all stage3 archives, |
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increasing their size quite significantly. |
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Regards, |
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Felix |
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