On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 12:39:52PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-05 23:51]: > > Why should a symlink be ignored? What other stuff would people > > want to have ignored if we start on a slippery slope like this? > > nividia-source, vmware, and scads of others would like to dump stuff > > in /lib/modules, and the book keeping involved in keeping track of > > stuff in the /lib/modules/ which is OK to ignore would be > > massive. > > > The presence of that link is a bug, and should be fixed.
Huh ? What is going on here, the /lib/modules/<foo>/build/ link is *NOT* a bug, and is part of the plan to build external modules, and thus needed and advertized so. Please *DON'T* even think about removing it. > Can you explain why it is a bug? I think upstream puts header files > in /lib/modules/<foo>/build/ too, so it's not as if this is a Debian > specific thing. (Correct me if I'm wrong; also CCing -kernel). Indeed, and most third party modules build out of the box checking for it and doing KSRC=/lib/modules/<foo>/build/. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
