Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My understanding is that vmware tries to require you to do something
> you shouldn't do.
>
> One of the kernel traffic summaries said that consensus on
> linux-kernel is that you should not put source for the running kernel
> in /usr/src/linux. (!) It should go somewhere else.
>
> It is more important, according to this reasoning, to have your kernel
> headers match your C library, so that when you compile programs,
> strange things don't happen (as much :).
>
> But vmware appears to insist that you put headers for the running
> kernel there.
>
> What you can do, without running afoul of net.wisdom (Linus', not
> Becker's, BTW), is to temporarily put source for the running kernel in
> /usr/src/linux, install vmware, then put back the source for the
> kernel that matches your C library.
>
> This should no longer be necessary once the new convention for where
> to put the source for the running kernel is adopted. I'm hoping
> future redhat kernel RPM's will honor the new convention.
It was adopted for Red Hat Linux 7.
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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
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