On 16 Aug 2002 10:49:01 +0100 Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 06:27, Richard G. Houser wrote: > > I'm not certain this is such a bad thing, when installing another source > > version, the sources go in the /usr/src/linux-x.y.zz directory, and a > > simlink to the current kernel version is created into /usr/src/linux. > > Let's imagine it's as you say. I start off with kernel-2.4.19.2mdk and > kernel-source-2.4.19-2mdk. I do an urpmi --auto-select but don't upgrade > the kernel. Now, by your reckoning, kernel-source-2.4.19-3mdk gets > installed, and kernel-2.4.19.3mdk doesn't, as i've said. Now what > happens is that the new source goes into /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-3mdk. > > Now what happens? Is /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-2mdk removed? Yes, it is. The default /etc/urpmi/inst.list only lists kernel, not kernel-source. I myself added kernel-source to it manually, because of not wanting to get kernel and kernel-source get out of sync with eachother. So the suggestion would be to add kernel-source to it as well? I'd agree to that. -- Marcel Pol Linux 2.4.19-0mdk, up 9 days, 19:39 Registered User #163523
