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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:56:11 +0100
From: Ingo Oeser <ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
To: ferret@phonewave.net
Cc: Petr Vandrovec <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>,
        Dana Lacoste <dana.lacoste@peregrine.com>,
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Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Linus's include file strategy redux
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:31:57AM -0800, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
> > Maybe you did not notice, but for months we have
> > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include, which points to kernel headers,
> > and which should be used for compiling out-of-tree kernel modules
> > (i.e. latest vmware uses this).
> 
> This symlink really should be a copy instead, because the finished kernel
> may be installed on a machine that does not have kernel source installed
> on it. Dangling symlinks are BAD.

But if you compile for another machine, this copy is bad. It also
takes to much time and space to create this copy.

I really disagree here.

Regards

Ingo Oeser
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