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- From: Treeve Jelbert <treeve01 AT pi.be>
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- Subject: [SM-Sorcery] Re: linux symlinks
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:57:33 +0100
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On Tuesday 06 January 2004 13:35, Hamish Greig wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:23, Wolfgang Scheicher wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 06. Januar 2004 15:08 schrieb Treeve Jelbert:
> > > I have just built linux-2.4.24.
> > > [...]
> > > can anyone explain why the /usr/src/linux symlink has not been updated?
> >
> > /usr/src/linux should actually not be needed anymore. (t think)
> >
> > the glibc spell should copy some kernel headers to /usr/include (instead
> > of linking them), and the linux spell shouldn't touch them.
> >
> > actually i think that you can remove the /usr/src/linux symlink - but i
> > switched myself just yesterday, and don't know if some spells still
> > expect that /usr/src/linux to contain the current kernel
> >
> > Worf
>
> when I changed the linux spell and glibc I also changed the other spells I
> was aware of. If I missed any sorry.
> /usr/src/linux/ should be replaced by /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build, too
> many spells already used it internally (in makefiles and configure) so
> after a discussion on IRC we decided to stop making the symlink.
> The next stage is figuring out how to upgrade the kernel and have the
> correct spells triggered for the just built but not yet booted version.
> This was never handled properly before so the recent changes have not
> broken anything, it would just be nice to have it done correctly by
> triggers. What spell was this happenning in ?
linux-wlan-ng
I am already making some changes to this spell, as it does not use the smgl
init system and puts the man files in /usr/local/man
Regards, Treeve
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[SM-Sorcery] linux symlinks,
Treeve Jelbert, 01/06/2004
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Re: [SM-Sorcery] linux symlinks,
Wolfgang Scheicher, 01/06/2004
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Re: [SM-Sorcery] linux symlinks,
Hamish Greig, 01/06/2004
- [SM-Sorcery] Re: linux symlinks, Treeve Jelbert, 01/06/2004
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Re: [SM-Sorcery] linux symlinks,
Casey Harkins, 01/06/2004
- Re: [SM-Sorcery] linux symlinks, Hamish Greig, 01/06/2004
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Re: [SM-Sorcery] linux symlinks,
Hamish Greig, 01/06/2004
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Re: [SM-Sorcery] linux symlinks,
Wolfgang Scheicher, 01/06/2004
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