On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 12:23:03AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Horms wrote: > > Allyn, MarkX A wrote: > > > There is a symbolic link at /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/source > > > which points to someone's home directory (horms). The horms > > > home directory does not exist on a new installation. > > > > > > This is in the stable (Sarge) release. > > > > Thanks, I'll take a look into fixing it and get it in the > > next Sarge update. Incidently, that link isn't used for anything > > much, so it shouldn't do much harm. > > Strange that it would be there. When I install a kernel that does not > have the target of the source link in place then I get the following > message (cut from the install of a locally compiled custom kernel > compilation): > > Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1+1-p4-smp/source > However, I can not read it: No such file or directory > Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.12-1+1-p4-smp/source > > Shouldn't the same thing have happened here with this non-existent > link target? The above was built with a sarge make-kpkg. But perhaps > in side the postinst script has changed?
I think that might be a slightly different check, but I'm not sure. > But I think the source link should never be shipped with the package. > So avoiding including that would be useful. To avoid the build link > there is "delete_build_link := YES" in the kernel-pkg.conf file. But > Bob -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
