On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 06:42, Glenn Enright wrote:
> Try this...
>
> ls -l /usr/src/linux
> uname -r
>
> these should give you the same version. If not you need to adjust the linux
> symlink to reflect the kernel version you are running. Then
>
> cd /usr/src/linux
> cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./
> make oldconfig && make
>
> Now you should be able to do the emerges you wanted to. The point is to
> have your source tree in working condition, and findable, as opposed to
> clean.
>
> If you run different kernel versions often, try adding a few lines
> to /etc/conf.d/ like
scuse :-o ^^^--> /etc/conf.d/local.start
>
> # -- quick hack to ease work of updating kernels and make emerges
> consistent #
> ebegin "Refreshing kernel source link to running kernel."
> rm -f /usr/src/linux
> if ! ln -s /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux
> then
> ewarn " Bugger ... could not update. Please manually create the"
> ewarn " symbolic link '/usr/src/linux' to the running kernel
> source."
> ewend 1
> fi
> # --
>
> --
>
> I think we are in Rats' Alley where the dead men lost their bones.
> -- T.S. Eliot
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