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On Thursday 22 March 2007, Jakob Buchgraber wrote: |
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> It's as follows: |
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> In /etc/profile |
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> Set $KERNEL_DIR to /kernel/src/current (symlink) |
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> Set $KBUILD_OUTPUT to /dir/to/store/output/files |
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> So what's the best way and _why_? |
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> Does it even matter? |
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Yes it does matter. And you are using docs from three sources and |
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assuming they apply universally, which they do not. The LFS docs tell |
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you what to do on an LFS system, the gentoo docs tell you what to do on |
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a gentoo system, and the kernel docs are outdated and tell you to avoid |
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making a mistake that doesn't apply to gentoo at all. |
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Many Gentoo scripts rely on /usr/src/linux pointing to the currently |
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*running* kernel. Without it, vmware-modules won't build for example. |
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The kernel headers are nowhere near /usr/src so the warning in kernel |
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docs is irrelevant. |
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I'm not sure how LFS does these things, but you should take their docs |
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seriously when working on one of their boxes |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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