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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:01 +0000, Alex Bennee wrote: |
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> There really is no need to force people to build as root under /usr/src |
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> so is it possible to educate portage to use the uname method to |
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> determine the root of the kernel tree for building kernel modules? |
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Portage doesn't build the modules in /usr/src, but it uses |
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the /usr/src/linux symlink to determine the kernel for which you wish to |
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build the modules; which may not be the same as returned by uname -r. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. |
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