>> The `genksyms' executable is installed in /usr/bin, despite its >> manual page belonging to section 8. The 1.3.47 kernel module support >> at least expects to find it in /sbin. I made a symlink to pacify my >> system, but perhaps it should really be moved there? > > No, genksysm should be in /usr/bin (and the man page should probably > not be in section 8). It is not the case that only the system > administrator is likely to want to use it - ordinary users might well > want to compile up a kernel and modules, for example.
Okay, but the kernel makefile calls /sbin/genksyms explicitly, which is why I think *something* ought to be there. Actually I see now it is a kernel version issue: 1.2.13 calls /usr/bin/genksyms, while 1.3.47 calls /sbin/genksyms. What to do? -- Robert Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
