Re: Bug#2043: genksyms

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
>> The 1.3.47 kernel module support >>at least expects to find it in /sbin. I ran into thesame problem before. > No, genksysm should be in /usr/bin (and the man page should probably > not be in section 8) Another way of looking at this is to check if the executable in question is statically li

Bug#2043: genksyms

1995-12-18 Thread Richard Kettlewell
>Okay, but the kernel makefile calls /sbin/genksyms explicitly, which >is why I think *something* ought to be there. > >Actually I see now it is a kernel version issue: 1.2.13 calls >/usr/bin/genksyms, while 1.3.47 calls /sbin/genksyms. What to do? The makefile ought to call `genksyms'. The PATH

Bug#2043: genksyms

1995-12-18 Thread Robert Leslie
>> The `genksyms' executable is installed in /usr/bin, despite its >> manual page belonging to section 8. The 1.3.47 kernel module support >> at least expects to find it in /sbin. I made a symlink to pacify my >> system, but perhaps it should really be moved there? > > No, genksysm should be in /us

Bug#2043: genksyms

1995-12-18 Thread Richard Kettlewell
Robert Leslie writes: >Package: modules >Version: 1.2.8-1 > >I'm experimenting with the newer 1.3 kernels, so I'm not sure this is >really a bug (yet), although it could be. > >The `genksyms' executable is installed in /usr/bin, despite its >manual page belonging to section 8. The 1.3.47 kernel mod

Bug#2043: genksyms

1995-12-17 Thread Robert Leslie
Package: modules Version: 1.2.8-1 I'm experimenting with the newer 1.3 kernels, so I'm not sure this is really a bug (yet), although it could be. The `genksyms' executable is installed in /usr/bin, despite its manual page belonging to section 8. The 1.3.47 kernel module support at least expects t