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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:42:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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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 symlink needs to point to the target kernel, the currently running |
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kernel can be determined from uname -r. This is important when you have |
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built a new kernel and need to re-emerge something like nvidia-drivers |
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(or vmware-modules as you mention, but this isn't so urgent). The |
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running kernel already has the modules, the symlink means the new merge |
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build for the new kernel, so you don;t lose X (or vmware) when you reboot. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't. |
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