Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269160AbUJTWgV (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:36:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269112AbUJTWdn (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:33:43 -0400 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:15171 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269160AbUJTTtN (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:49:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:50:04 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Russell Miller Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [MAKE/INSTALL] install bug Message-ID: <20041020215004.GA9106@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Russell Miller , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200410191159.32754.rmiller@duskglow.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200410191159.32754.rmiller@duskglow.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 819 Lines: 22 On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 11:59:32AM -0500, Russell Miller wrote: > As of 2.6.8.1, there was a small bug in the makefile. To reproduce: > > Build a modules enabled kernel. > Make sure /lib/modules/2.6.whatever doesn't exist > Run make install. > It won't create the /lib/modules/2.6.whatever directory until you run make > modules_install. > > I think either: > It should tell you to run make modules_install first > or it should do it automatically. Thats actually a bug in your distribution supplied installkernel script - and outside the control of the kernel. Sam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/