Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:42:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:42:47 -0500 Received: from ferret.phonewave.net ([208.138.51.183]:65293 "EHLO tarot.mentasm.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:42:36 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:08:35 -0800 (PST) From: ferret@phonewave.net To: Peter Samuelson cc: Ingo Oeser , Petr Vandrovec , Dana Lacoste , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Linus's include file strategy redux In-Reply-To: <14908.29798.413845.663365@wire.cadcamlab.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [ferret@phonewave.net ] > > I have not moved or deleted a tree. I do not HAVE a kernel tree in > > the first place. Therefore, nothing for the symlink to point to when > > I install the kernel. > > If this is not the machine you compile your kernels on, why are you > compiling your external modules on it? One last question: WHY is the kernel's top-level Makefile handling this symlink? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/