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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: how to avoid that install.sh goes mad, if I am not root?
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:49:37 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ihbvd1$jbj$3@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 19768.44428.482148.361069@pilspetsen.it.uu.se

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:47:56 +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> 
> First, at least on x86, the kernel will look for the 'installkernel'
> executable first in your own ~/bin/, so if you have that then it will
> override /sbin/installkernel.
> 

That still doesn't look like a good solution.

/me is thinking if we should have a new Kconfig for this, e.g.
CONFIG_INSTALL_KERNEL whose default value is "/sbin/installkernel".

Cheers.


  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-21 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-20 19:16 how to avoid that install.sh goes mad, if I am not root? Harald Dunkel
2011-01-20 21:47 ` Mikael Pettersson
2011-01-21 12:49   ` WANG Cong [this message]
2011-01-21 22:08     ` Harald Dunkel
2011-01-24 10:21       ` [Patch] make installkernel configurable from command line (was Re: how to avoid that install.sh goes mad, if I am not root?) Américo Wang
2011-01-24 11:43         ` Mikael Pettersson
2011-01-25  5:48           ` Américo Wang
2011-01-26 10:02             ` Mikael Pettersson
2011-01-28  7:58               ` WANG Cong
2011-01-28  7:58                 ` WANG Cong

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