On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:02:10AM -0400, Tom spot Callaway wrote: > On 10/26/2010 03:09 PM, Don Zickus wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 02:10:23PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > >> > >> > kernel.x86_64: W: dangling-relative-symlink > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.36-1.fc15.x86_64/build > >> > ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.36-1.fc15.x86_64 > >> > > >> > (It seems odd that /lib/modules/2.6.36-1.fc15.x86_64/build is packaged in > >> > kernel, but the symlink it points to is in kernel-devel. Is there a reason that > >> > the /lib/modules/2.6.36-1.fc15.x86_64/build ownership isn't in kernel-devel?) > >> > >> We flip-flopped on this a few years ago. It used to be that way iirc, but I'm > >> not recalling the exact reasoning for why it changed. > > > > I think the problem was the -devel package could be installed without a > > kernel package behind it making it awkward to install a symlink. Even if > > you just dropped the symlink on the floor, installing the kernel later > > would never re-create the symlink leaving things broken. > > > > IIRC, the dangling symlink was the lesser of two evils. > > Well, all the real "meat" is in kernel-devel, except for the > /lib/modules/%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}/build symlink which is in > kernel. My point was that it seems to make sense to just put that > symlink in kernel-devel as well, that way, you either have kernel-devel > installed (and have all the files and the symlink) or you don't. Not that I feel like arguing to save dangling symlink, what happens in the case when you install kernel-devel-$KERNVER but there is no kernel-$KERNVER installed to match? Does the rpm fail because /lib/modules/$KERNVER doesn't exist? Or are we going to add a dependency to prevent that from happening? Cheers, Don _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel