On Friday 23 March 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:42:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Many Gentoo scripts rely on /usr/src/linux pointing to the > > currently *running* kernel. Without it, vmware-modules won't build > > for example. > > The symlink needs to point to the target kernel, the currently > running kernel can be determined from uname -r. This is important > when you have built a new kernel and need to re-emerge something like > nvidia-drivers (or vmware-modules as you mention, but this isn't so > urgent). The running kernel already has the modules, the symlink > means the new merge build for the new kernel, so you don;t lose X (or > vmware) when you reboot.
Ah, my bad. You are right, of course. alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
