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

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jun 26, 2004, Jack Neely <jjneely at pams.ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Why do you need to do this?  The idea is that you can build kernel
> modules for any kernel no matter what kernel you happen to be booted
> into.  

Right.  But you have to be able to install both kernel /build trees,
since they (may) differ between i586 and i686, and then know where to
locate them.

> In fact you've not been able to do with with the 2.4 kernels in older
> versions of FC/RHL.

Yup.  It's a very long-standing problem.

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