Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version [New Thread]

[Glenn Enright <elinar@ihug.co.nz>]

Try this...

	ls -l /usr/src/linux
	uname -r

these should give you the same version. If not you need to adjust the linux 
symlink to reflect the kernel version you are running. Then

	cd /usr/src/linux
	cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./
	make oldconfig && make

Now you should be able to do the emerges you wanted to. The point is to have 
your source tree in working condition, and findable, as opposed to clean.

If you run different kernel versions often, try adding a few lines 
to /etc/conf.d/ like

# -- quick hack to ease work of updating kernels and make emerges consistent
#
ebegin "Refreshing kernel source link to running kernel."
rm -f /usr/src/linux
if ! ln -s /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux
then
        ewarn "   Bugger ... could not update. Please manually create the"
        ewarn "   symbolic link '/usr/src/linux' to the running kernel 
source."
        ewend 1
fi
# --

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