[gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: app-emulation/open-vm-tools/

[Mike Gilbert]

commit:     754e0c414b5bbe6b31311e55b61cc8d8e2e0924b
Author:     Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 27 18:16:44 2016 +0000
Commit:     Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Nov 27 18:17:22 2016 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=754e0c41

app-emulation/open-vm-tools: add comment about broken kernel detection

 app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild 
b/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild
index 55c652f..774fa40 100644
--- a/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ src_configure() {
                $(use_with X gtkmm3)
                $(use_with X x)
 
+               # configure locates the kernel object directory by looking for
+               # "/lib/modules/${KERNEL_RELEASE}/build".
+               # This will fail if the user is building against an uninstalled 
kernel.
+               # Fixing this would mean reworking the build system.
                $(use_with modules kernel-modules)
                --without-root-privileges
                --with-kernel-release="${KV_FULL}"