Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751287AbWE1I15 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 04:27:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751354AbWE1I15 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 04:27:57 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:22977 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751287AbWE1I14 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 04:27:56 -0400 Subject: Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? From: Arjan van de Ven To: bidulock@openss7.org Cc: Lee Revell , devmazumdar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060527162118.E15216@openss7.org> References: <1148596163.31038.30.camel@mindpipe> <1148653797.3579.18.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060526093530.A20928@openss7.org> <1148732512.3265.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060527135214.A15216@openss7.org> <1148761299.3265.241.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060527162118.E15216@openss7.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 10:27:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1148804871.3074.2.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 712 Lines: 16 > But not the right place for the running kernel. /boot/config-`uname -r` will > be of the wrong architecture for the running kernel. so yes you can use --force to cause it to overwrite a file. DUH. Big yawn as will since this file isn't needed for anything but for a human to build his own kernel; if that human first does the really silly --force thing (which is a great way to hose your system) then he knows there might not be an exact match. Big Yawn(tm) :) - 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/