Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How does Portage prioritze emerges in emerge world?

2005-11-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:26:56 + (UTC), James wrote: I have several kernel-sources later than 'linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5' some vanilla some gentoo. How would portage know which one to compile against if not the symlink set in /usr/src? uname -r returns the currently running kernel version.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How does Portage prioritze emerges in emerge world?

2005-11-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:20:28 +0100, Francesco R. wrote: disclaimer: _not_ followed the whole thread and _not_ checked the source. But how can be created packages that work on different machines if it use uname -r ? This thread is all about compiling kernel modules, which must be specific

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How does Portage prioritze emerges in emerge world?

2005-11-28 Thread Scott Stoddard
Neil Bothwick wrote: This thread is all about compiling kernel modules, which must be specific to either the running kernel or the intended kernel. Most packages take the latter option, using the symlink, which causes problems if the symlink is updated during an emerge -u world. IMO exactly

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How does Portage prioritze emerges in emerge world?

2005-11-28 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/28/05, Scott Stoddard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: This thread is all about compiling kernel modules, which must be specific to either the running kernel or the intended kernel. Most packages take the latter option, using the symlink, which causes problems if the