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Georgi Georgiev wrote: |
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>On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:02:49 +0100, Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote: |
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>>Martin Larsson wrote: |
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>>>On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:58:14 -0600, Chris Cox <onebeer32@×××××××.com> |
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>>>>What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your |
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>>>>running |
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>>>>kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.9-gentoo-r3/build/include] |
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>>>Maybe your header files are in /usr/src/linux/include ? |
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>Or maybe you're using KERNEL_OUTPUT? In that case vmware modules |
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>compilation fails badly before it has started. You can get my patched |
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>ebuilds from my personal portage overlay at |
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>rsync://rsync.gg3.net/gentoo-portage-chutz/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/. |
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>These cut out large portions of vmware-config.pl that do nothing but ask |
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>silly questions (like "where are your headers", since it is gentoo policy |
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>that /usr/src/linux should point to your current kernel) and also patch |
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>the appropriate makefiles. |
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>>the ones installed by sys-kernel/linux26-headers are in |
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>>/usr/include/linux. BTW can someone explain me why this package exist? |
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>>It's not enaugh the linux ones, the only answer I can give myself is not |
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>>to be constricted to recompile a bunch of programs every time u change |
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>>kernel. It's the right answer ? |
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>glibc compiles against the headers in /usr/include/linux. |
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>Programs that link against glibc (read: all programs) need to include the |
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>headers that glibc was built against in order to link properly. These |
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>headers need to always correspond to the version that glibc was compiled |
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>against. Hence the warnings that the linux-headers ebuild spits out at |
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>installation, reminding you to recompile glibc next. |
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mmmh I belive you but in this case why not keep gentoo-dev-sources and |
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linux26-headers and avoid download of two kernel sources, or ask at the |
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installer which kernel he/she want to run ? |
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