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.


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Marcel Pol

Linux 2.4.19-0mdk, up 9 days, 19:39
Registered User #163523


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