No more kernel-source(code) ??? (was: rawhide report: 20040623 changes)

[Jeremy Katz]

On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 02:14 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> In theory, yes, but try to build a kernel module for i686 on an athlon
> box. The kernel sources will clash with the running kernel.

I'd rather fix this problem than paper over it with the kernel source.
Especially since to really do things with the kernel source right now,
you have to make changes to the tree in /usr/src.

> Also it is quite an overshooting to have to install a foreign kernel
> for a simple build of a kernel module. Installing/Uninstalling the
> kernel will take more time than the kernel module build itself. But
> that could be solved by packaging the headers in separate (from the
> kernel) packages.

Installing the kernel source package takes quite a bit of time as well
-- the only reason installing a kernel itself takes longer right now is
the hardlink run in %post.

Jeremy