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Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> writes: |
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> The link is created only if you have the "symlink" USE flag enabled. |
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> Also, "Gentoo requires that the [...] symbolic link points to the |
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> sources of the kernel you are running" is not entirely correct. It is |
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> required only when you want to build something against that |
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> kernel. |
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> . . . . Obviously, you need to create the symlink if you want to build |
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> the newly installed kernel, even though the system is still running an |
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> older one. |
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Why is that obvious? That's what seemed confusing to me. |
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Nothing about creating it with USE=symlin, eselect, or by hand is a |
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problem. Or hard to follow, and I've always just done it by hand. |
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