bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2021-09-24 Thread Sarah Morgensen
Hi all, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hi, > > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> Danny Milosavljevic writes: >> >>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:55:11 +0100 (BST) >>> wrote: >>> It would be good to keep the build directory though, since it's expected to exist, and it's easier to just d

bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2018-07-23 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Mark H Weaver skribis: > Danny Milosavljevic writes: > >> On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:55:11 +0100 (BST) >> wrote: >> >>> It would be good to keep the build directory though, since it's >>> expected to exist, and it's easier to just download a module's >>> source and compile it and test it. >> >

bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2018-07-16 Thread pkill9
Yes I agree with you, since it is a lot of space then it's probably best to just delete the symlink. The reasoning behind my suggestion of keeping it is mostly for convenience in compiling/testing an external kernel module, i.e. just downloading the source and then compiling it with the current

bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2018-07-16 Thread Mark H Weaver
Danny Milosavljevic writes: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:55:11 +0100 (BST) > wrote: > >> It would be good to keep the build directory though, since it's >> expected to exist, and it's easier to just download a module's >> source and compile it and test it. > > I agree. > > /run/booted-system/kernel/

bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2018-07-16 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:55:11 +0100 (BST) wrote: > It would be good to keep the build directory though, since it's expected to > exist, and it's easier to just download a module's source and compile it and > test it. I agree. /run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules/4.17.3-gnu is in the store any

bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2018-07-16 Thread pkill9
It would be good to keep the build directory though, since it's expected to exist, and it's easier to just download a module's source and compile it and test it.

bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2018-07-15 Thread Nils Gillmann
pki...@runbox.com transcribed 94 bytes: > /run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules//build is a broken > symbolic link. Yep. This is not a bug until it comes to what you are possibly trying to attempt, build a software which relies on your *current* kernel sources. For a solution I can point to the

bug#32167: Kernel 'build' directory in the store is a broken symbolic link

2018-07-15 Thread pkill9
/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules//build is a broken symbolic link.