Alex Bennee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> However with all kernels you should be able to detrmine the root via
> uname -r:
>
> malory / # ls -l "/lib/modules/`uname -r`"
> total 212
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root31 Jan 15 17:16 build
> -> /home/alex/src/kernel/linux-2.6
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root31 Jan 15
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:05:21 +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote:
> > Portage doesn't build the modules in /usr/src, but it uses
> > the /usr/src/linux symlink to determine the kernel for which you wish
> > to build the modules; which may not be the same as returned by uname
> > -r.
> And that is a bug,
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:01 +, Alex Bennee wrote:
>
>> There really is no need to force people to build as root under /usr/src
>> so is it possible to educate portage to use the uname method to
>> determine the root of the kernel tree for building k
On 1/24/06, Alex Bennee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so
> that
> * it points to the necessary object directory so that it might
> find .config.
>
> However with all kernels you should be able to detrmine the root via
> uname -r:
>
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:01 +, Alex Bennee wrote:
> There really is no need to force people to build as root under /usr/src
> so is it possible to educate portage to use the uname method to
> determine the root of the kernel tree for building kernel modules?
Portage doesn't build the modules
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