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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:41:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hci0ch$7qr$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877hubcu5a.fsf@newsguy.com>

On 10/31/2009 08:09 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@arcor.de>  writes:
>
>> The link is created only if you have the "symlink" USE flag enabled.
>>
>> Also, "Gentoo requires that the [...] symbolic link points to the
>> sources of the kernel you are running" is not entirely correct.  It is
>> required only when you want to build something against that
>> kernel.
>
>> . . . .  Obviously, you need to create the symlink if you want to build
>> the newly installed kernel, even though the system is still running an
>> older one.
>
> Why is that obvious?  That's what seemed confusing to me.

How obvious it is probably depends in prior knowledge here.  There's 
absolutely nothing in a running system that needs anything from 
/usr/src/linux.  If fact, you could, completely uninstall all kernel 
sources and totally wipe out /usr/src.  It's only needed when you build 
something that needs kernel sources.

Of course if you didn't know that, then yes, it's not obvious :)




  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-31 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-31 16:52 [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrading and linux symlink Harry Putnam
2009-10-31 18:00 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2009-10-31 18:09   ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-31 18:41     ` Nikos Chantziaras [this message]
2009-10-31 19:18     ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-31 20:03       ` Nikos Chantziaras
2009-10-31 21:07         ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-31 21:27           ` Nikos Chantziaras
2009-10-31 21:43             ` Mark Knecht
2009-10-31 22:17               ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-31 20:06       ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-31 21:03         ` Alan McKinnon
2009-11-01  7:00           ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-10-31 20:50   ` Neil Bothwick
2009-10-31 18:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Denis
2009-10-31 21:26   ` Dale
2009-10-31 22:20     ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-31 22:52       ` Dale
2009-10-31 22:58         ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-31 23:25       ` Neil Bothwick
2009-10-31 23:29       ` Mark Knecht
2009-10-31 23:40         ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2009-10-31 23:43           ` Mark Knecht
2009-10-31 23:41         ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2009-10-31 23:50           ` Mark Knecht
2009-10-31 23:43         ` Mike Edenfield
2009-11-01  6:55 ` Dirk Heinrichs

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