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 :)
next prev parent 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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