On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 08:58:26AM -0500, Jim Crumley wrote: > > > > Do you think there is a dependence on bin86 missing for the kernel-source > > package? > > > >I was unable to compile the kernel for some thing and sent time digging at > >all > > places before I discover I did not install the bin86 package. > > > >Why wan't bin86 installed? Well I tried to trim the system, leaving out > >package> that don't sound familiar hoping the dependence checking would warn > >me. > > > > Jieyao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ 836655 > > > > I ran in to the same problem a couple of months ago. The reason there isn't > a dependence on bin86 is because only i386 machines need bin86. The kernel > packages themselves are architecture independent, so there was no easy way > to specify the dependence on bin86. > > The way around this problem is to read the documentation that comes with > the kernel related packages. The need for bin86 is pointed out there. I > am guessing that you (like me) missed those references. Perhaps bin86 should be recommended by kernel-source?
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