kernel-source vs. kernel-sourcecode (please revert)

Arjan van de Ven arjanv at redhat.com
Tue Jun 15 11:34:56 UTC 2004


On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 01:29:34PM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > these are ALL wrong then with the 2.6 kernel and with the 2.6 rpms. Really.
> > Removing custom and all those hacks are *WRONG*. Even on 2.4.
> > Any kernel module that does that is *BROKEN* build wise. Extremely broken.
> 
> Practice says otherwise. kernel module rpms for 2.4 and 2.6 are out
> there and are in use by several thousands of users without any
> problems regarding kernel infrastructure.

they are still broken and violating the rules.

> > In FC2 that uses ZERO files from kernel-source (unlike FC1 where that was a
> > symlink into kernel-source).
> > Any other method WILL eventually result in non-working modules.
> 
> They do work.

for some value of work. I can guarantee you that this will break within the
next half year or so.

> google). Could you please revert that, and have it fixed in yum
> instead?

no I can't really.
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