From: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
To: Mark Hills <mark@pogo.org.uk>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: make headers_install
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:13:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100922111308.19d7c162@schatten.dmk.lab> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1009192055520.28631@fgnk.ybpnyqbznva>
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:15:37 +0100 (BST)
Mark Hills <mark@pogo.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi David, I tried to update my kernel headers using the instructions in
> Documentation/make/headers_install.txt. I followed the example:
>
> make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr/include
>
> but it installed them in /usr/include/include. So I modified the path:
>
> make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr
>
> The command installed the headers, but then automatically deleted
> /usr/include/*.h (nasty!). This is with kernel 2.6.35.4.
>
> Do the docs need an update (and I should always be installing to a staging
> area?) Or is this a bug in the process -- where is should be removing
> unknown files in /usr/include/linux or similar?
>
> I seem to remember that I used to be able to install headers direct to the
> system, is this still the case?
>
> Thanks
>
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