On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Ingo Oeser wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:31:57AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
Do you have an alternative reccomendation? I've shown where the symlink
method WILL fail. You disagree that having the configured headers copied
is a workable idea. What else is there?
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