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Xavier Parizet wrote: |
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> I think that the /usr/src/linux symlink is used in Gentoo by ebuilds (as |
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> vmware-modules for example) that build kernel modules for specific |
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> hardware which aren't yet in the kernel, and so needs to know the current |
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> kernel config to see if it match their dependencies or requirements. |
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This is true. I have personally found however that the USE flag symlink is |
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annoying, since I rarely upgrade the kernel when the sources become |
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available. Anything that needs to know where the currently running sources |
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are gets tripped over if an update has changed the symlink before I've |
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bothered to compile the new kernel. |
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The real problem comes when you change the flag, and then emerge -uDN world |
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tries to rebuild the sources pkg with the new use flag. This was the |
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motivation for the no-rebuild array (nr) in this script: |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-546828.html |
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Sorry didn't mean to get a plug in ;) |
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