Andreas Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Robert Schiele schrieb: >> Does this happen with the current package? > > Yes, installing kernel-debug on a Factory system where there was only > kernel-default installed renames the existing vmlinuz and initrd > symlinks to .previous and creates new ones pointing to kernel-debug, > effectively making kernel-debug the default. > > The conclusion is that the kernel development pattern is not the right > thing for users who just need to build an external module.
So, should I change the pattern? I can make kernel-debug completely optional... > >> If so, I'd consider this a bug and >> you might want to file a bug report. > > I won't file a bug report because I'm not sure that this is a real bug. > It makes sense, someone who installs kernel-debug most likely wants to > use it, and someone who doesn't want to use it should rather not install it. > > Unfortunately, it renders the kernel development pattern a no-go for > just building external modules, and that in turn backs the point of > having kernel-source depend on gcc and make, so that users can install a > single package to get a complete kernel module build environment. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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