Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 23:29:42 +0200
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
To: devmazumdar <dev@opensound.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system?
Message-ID: <20060525212942.GS13513@lug-owl.de>
Mail-Followup-To: devmazumdar <dev@opensound.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
References: <e55715+usls@eGroups.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8+OS07CeIgZ706fH"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <e55715+usls@eGroups.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
Content-Length: 2496
Lines: 70


--8+OS07CeIgZ706fH
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Thu, 2006-05-25 21:19:33 -0000, devmazumdar <dev@opensound.com> wrote:
> How does one check the existence of the kernel source RPM (or deb) on
> every single distribution?.

You don't.  That's the user's task!

> We know that rpm -qa | grep kernel-source works on Redhat, Fedora,
> SuSE, Mandrake and CentOS - how about other RPM based distros? How
> about debian based distros?. There doesn't seem to be a a single
> conherent naming scheme.=20

Indeed, there isn't.  Think about selfmade installations. Just ask the
user to provide you with the correct path. There may even be several
kernel version's source trees installed, with different configuration.

> Another thing, can we please start enforcing that people ship kernel
> source with the base installation? If distributors are distributing

No way.

> kernels, then it must be an absolute requirement that they ship kernel
> sources in a "configured" state as well.  If you're not going to
> provide a stable kernel API, then atleast please make this a requirement.=
=20

Distros *will* ship kernel's configuration, but that'll never ever be
installed by default.

If you work on drivers (as it seems), please just clean up the code
and post it to the kernel mailing list (or subsystem specific lists.)
Once it meets the standards, it'll just become a part of the tree,
releasing you from the burden to think about its local installation.

MfG, JBG

--=20
Jan-Benedict Glaw       jbglaw@lug-owl.de    . +49-172-7608481             =
_ O _
"Eine Freie Meinung in  einem Freien Kopf    | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg  =
_ _ O
 f=C3=BCr einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=C3=BCrger"  | im Internet! |   i=
m Irak!   O O O
ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)=
);

--8+OS07CeIgZ706fH
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: Digital signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFEdiHGHb1edYOZ4bsRAofBAJ9pDhXBLwqUhaCuwxdReTjAbFHBrACgjg6M
5gh2ApYlJeTg2k/wWuOK49Q=
=QEov
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--8+OS07CeIgZ706fH--
-
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/