VMware with FC2T1

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Dennis Gilmore wrote:

> On Thursday 11 March 2004 2:02 am, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
> > sorry, i was being unclear.  i didn't mean just installing the kernel
> > source rpm, i meant installing a new 2.6 kernel from the source tree,
> > which would create a new /lib/modules directory, etc, etc.
> >
> > if you do that, i'm assuming that the "build" directory in that new
> > /lib/modules directory would then be a symlink back to the source tree.
> >
> > rday
> 
> no its not if you build a new kernel you get the kernel headers under for 
> instance /lib/modules/2.6.3/build  no symlinking at all.  it places copies of 
> hearder files in there.

um ... no, it doesn't.  just as a test, i built a new 2.6.2 kernel from 
the original www.kernel.org source tree, and installed the modules.  when 
i checked the new modules directory /lib/modules/2.6.2, the "build" object 
was in fact a symlink back to the source tree, as i expected it to be.

at least, this is the way it works with a pristine kernel source tree.  
does it work differently with a RH-customized source rpm?

rday