Neil Bothwick wrote:
This thread is all about compiling kernel modules, which must be specific
to either the running kernel or the intended kernel. Most packages take
the latter option, using the symlink, which causes problems if the
symlink is updated during an emerge -u world.
IMO exactly why no one should ever really use the symlink USE flag...
(Haven't read the whole thread either...long since deleted from my
mailserver.)
Depending on the output of uname -r is foolish, as witnessed by the
debacle of windows versions over the years. (Several prominent pieces
of software install only on versions matching a string returned by the
OS, thereby essentially eliminating the possibility that they will work
on future versions. I still have several perfectly stable programs that
won't run on windows xp 64 bit because of this problem.)
Who is to say what that [uname -r] return might look like on different
systems with custom-patched kernels? from different distros? multi-years
into the future?
Scott.
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