Re: [PATCH] (revised slightly) create kernel symlinksin /boot

[Paul Larson <plars@linuxtestproject.org>]

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On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 20:19 +0000, Christian Limpach wrote:
> I think we shouldn't have a link at all, ideally a distribution's package
> installer will create the links which work with the distribution's
> bootloader configuration/setup.
The problem for me right now, is that the kernel doesn't have a
predictable name when you are rebuilding it automatically.  So when you
do a 'make world install' and the new kernel gets installed, then you
might actually be on a newer kernel version and your grub entry is now
invalid.

> Also all the ln -s solutions fail if you build twice, you'd need at least
> ln -fs.
Good idea.

> If we must have a link, then I think it should be created as part of
> install.sh since that at least is less likely to get run when building
> packages.
It certainly would be preferable to do it there, but unfortunately
install.sh doesn't retain any knowledge of what kernel just got built.
All it does is copy the directory contents across.

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Thanks,
Paul Larson
plars@linuxtestproject.org
http://www.linuxtestproject.org

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