Re: [lfs-support] 8.3 - Kernel Build

2013-11-06 Thread stosss
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > stosss wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Ken Moffat > wrote: > >> > >> just as we consider that > >> updating the kernel headers when updating the kernel is wrong. > > > > Why is this considered wrong? > > The headers are used when b

Re: [lfs-support] 8.3 - Kernel Build

2013-11-06 Thread Bruce Dubbs
stosss wrote: > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: >> >> just as we consider that >> updating the kernel headers when updating the kernel is wrong. > > Why is this considered wrong? The headers are used when building glibc. Any program that uses them need to use the same ones tha

Re: [lfs-support] 8.3 - Kernel Build

2013-11-06 Thread Richard
- Original Message - > From: Ken Moffat ... > To clarify: consider the situation where you suspect you have a > kernel bug.  Say you are now on 3.12.0 and had previously used > 3.11.5.  As a first step, boot 3.11.5 [ assuming you kept it around, > of course ] to see if things are differe

Re: [lfs-support] 8.3 - Kernel Build

2013-11-06 Thread stosss
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: > > just as we consider that > updating the kernel headers when updating the kernel is wrong. Why is this considered wrong? -- Jack -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Un

Re: [lfs-support] 8.3 - Kernel Build

2013-11-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 01:47:42PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > I have a very vague recollection that one or two packages (probably > not in BLFS) used to pick up kernel details by looking at > /usr/src/linux , if it existed, in the very distant past. ISTR they > actually wanted to know the capabil

Re: [lfs-support] 8.3 - Kernel Build

2013-11-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 01:22:23PM +, Richard wrote: > Hello again, > > I am surprised and confused by the warnings and instructions in Section 8.3 - > can someone please elaborate on the points below? > > I have previously rebuild the kernel several times on a variety of distros > and alth

[lfs-support] 8.3 - Kernel Build

2013-11-06 Thread Richard
Hello again, I am surprised and confused by the warnings and instructions in Section 8.3 - can someone please elaborate on the points below? I have previously rebuild the kernel several times on a variety of distros and although instructions differ there has always been one unshakable thing in