From: Ingo Oeser <ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
To: ferret@phonewave.net
Cc: Petr Vandrovec <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>,
Dana Lacoste <dana.lacoste@peregrine.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Linus's include file strategy redux
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:56:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001215195611.L829@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FBF96516CD5@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> <Pine.LNX.3.96.1001215093002.16439B-100000@tarot.mentasm.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1001215093002.16439B-100000@tarot.mentasm.org>; from ferret@phonewave.net on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:31:57AM -0800
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:31:57AM -0800, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
> > Maybe you did not notice, but for months we have
> > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include, which points to kernel headers,
> > and which should be used for compiling out-of-tree kernel modules
> > (i.e. latest vmware uses this).
>
> This symlink really should be a copy instead, because the finished kernel
> may be installed on a machine that does not have kernel source installed
> on it. Dangling symlinks are BAD.
But if you compile for another machine, this copy is bad. It also
takes to much time and space to create this copy.
I really disagree here.
Regards
Ingo Oeser
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-12-15 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-12-15 16:56 Petr Vandrovec
2000-12-15 16:00 ` Dana Lacoste
2000-12-15 16:16 ` Eli Carter
2000-12-15 17:31 ` ferret
2000-12-15 18:56 ` Ingo Oeser [this message]
2000-12-16 3:37 ` ferret
2000-12-16 6:57 ` Keith Owens
2000-12-16 16:40 ` ferret
2000-12-16 23:43 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-12-17 3:05 ` ferret
2000-12-17 8:08 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-12-17 20:08 ` ferret
2000-12-18 3:58 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-12-18 19:21 ` ferret
2000-12-15 17:09 Petr Vandrovec
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