[gentoo-dev] Kernel Dependency Question

[gentoo-dev] Kernel Dependency Question

[Sean Mitchell]

Wondering how the dependencies work for this situation....

If I install linux-sources-xxxxx and then build myself a kernel, it seems
that any package that requires linux-kernel-xxxxx goes ahead and installs
it. 

It seems to me that the sources should (once compiled) give me eveything the
kernel package gives me. Is this the case or am I missing something? I
suppose I could change the deps in the ebuild but it would be better if
there was some sort of global override. I RTFM but didn't see anything that
explained this to me.

Sean

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Kernel Dependency Question

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 08:48:51AM -0400, Sean Mitchell wrote:
> 
> Wondering how the dependencies work for this situation....
> 
> If I install linux-sources-xxxxx and then build myself a kernel, it seems
> that any package that requires linux-kernel-xxxxx goes ahead and installs
> it. 
> 
> It seems to me that the sources should (once compiled) give me eveything the
> kernel package gives me. Is this the case or am I missing something? I
> suppose I could change the deps in the ebuild but it would be better if
> there was some sort of global override. I RTFM but didn't see anything that
> explained this to me.

Your assumptions are correct; this shouldn't happen.  Please report the specific
versions of the kernel packages you installed so that we can look into it.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] Kernel Dependency Question

[Achim Gottinger]

Sean Mitchell wrote:
> 
> Wondering how the dependencies work for this situation....
> 
> If I install linux-sources-xxxxx and then build myself a kernel, it seems
> that any package that requires linux-kernel-xxxxx goes ahead and installs
> it.
> 
> It seems to me that the sources should (once compiled) give me eveything the
> kernel package gives me. Is this the case or am I missing something? I
> suppose I could change the deps in the ebuild but it would be better if
> there was some sort of global override. I RTFM but didn't see anything that
> explained this to me.
> 

All packages should depend on virtual/kernel which is provided by linux
and linux-sources.
But only linux and linux-extras provide virtual/alsa which is required
by some packages.
So you must install linux-extras after you builded and installed your
kernel.

bye achim~

> Sean
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RE: [gentoo-dev] Kernel Dependency Question

[Sean Mitchell]

-----Original Message-----
From: AGottinger@t-online.de [mailto:AGottinger@t-online.de]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:33 AM
To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Kernel Dependency Question

>> If I install linux-sources-xxxxx and then build myself a kernel, it seems
>> that any package that requires linux-kernel-xxxxx goes ahead and installs
>> it.
>> 
>> It seems to me that the sources should (once compiled) give me eveything
the
>> kernel package gives me. Is this the case or am I missing something? I
>> suppose I could change the deps in the ebuild but it would be better if
>> there was some sort of global override. I RTFM but didn't see anything
that
>> explained this to me.

> All packages should depend on virtual/kernel which is provided by linux
> and linux-sources.
> But only linux and linux-extras provide virtual/alsa which is required
> by some packages.
> So you must install linux-extras after you builded and installed your
> kernel.

Ah-ha! This was indeed the root of the trouble. I installed linux-extras and
now the dependencies on linux-kernel have gone away. Thanks!

BTW, you guys have done/are doing a great job with Gentoo Linux. This is
exactly the sort of distribution I've been looking for after my travels in
BSDland.

Sean

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 Sean Mitchell                                        Software Engineer
 smitchell@phoenix-interactive.com       Phoenix Interactive Design Inc
 tel. 519-679-2913 x237                        4th Floor, 137 Dundas St
 fax. 519 679 6773                          London, ON, Canada  N6A 1E9
                           ICQ# 104246806
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