More strangeness kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 update

Philip Prindeville philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com
Thu Jul 21 19:40:46 UTC 2005


Timothy Murphy wrote:

>Philip Prindeville wrote:
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>>I installed the latest FC3 kernel update, but I'm seeing:
>>
>>[root at media ~]# ls -ltr /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1372_FC3/
>>total 924
>>lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     49 Jul 20 16:35 build ->
>>../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.12-1.1372_FC3-x86_64
>>lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      5 Jul 20 16:35 source -> build
>>drwxr-xr-x  9 root root   4096 Jul 20 16:35 kernel
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root 268793 Jul 20 16:35 modules.usbmap
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root  84243 Jul 20 16:35 modules.symbols
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root 163080 Jul 20 16:35 modules.pcimap
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root   2237 Jul 20 16:35 modules.isapnpmap
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root    357 Jul 20 16:35 modules.inputmap
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root    813 Jul 20 16:35 modules.ieee1394map
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root 193484 Jul 20 16:35 modules.dep
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root     69 Jul 20 16:35 modules.ccwmap
>>-rw-r--r--  1 root root 184451 Jul 20 16:35 modules.alias
>>[root at media ~]#
>>
>>i.e.  "build" should have been copied out as a deep copy, rather than
>>a shallow copy in the packaging.
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>Do you mean it is a symbolic link?
>Or does "shallow copy" have some other meaning?
>
>In any case, "build" is always a symbolic link in my experience.
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Sorry, "shallow copy" is a term used by C++ programmers. In this
context, it means a symbolic link.

When I updated to 2.6.11-1.35_FC3, it *wasn't* a symbolic link:

[root at media ~]# ls -ltr /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.35_FC3/
total 904
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 27 23:28 kernel
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jul 11 19:54 build
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 256123 Jul 16 21:28 modules.usbmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83332 Jul 16 21:28 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159258 Jul 16 21:28 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235 Jul 16 21:28 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 357 Jul 16 21:28 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517 Jul 16 21:28 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186596 Jul 16 21:28 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Jul 16 21:28 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 179441 Jul 16 21:28 modules.alias
[root at media ~]#




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