On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 08:16:30PM +0200, Enrico Scholz wrote: > Another issue might be the kernel packaging which is very inefficient. > There is no reason to include the kernel-sources/headers in the base > 'kernel' package, because: > > * it wastes 20-30MB of diskspace and 6000 inodes on the root-filesystem > * there is no way to prevent this e.g. with %_netsharedpath > * it makes cross-compiling of kernel-modules impossible (e.g. you can > not build i686 modules on an i586 because you can not install the i686 > kernel) > * it is incomplete: the kernel-headers alone are useless so at least a > 'Requires: cpp' would be needed in the kernel package. But minimal > systems need the kernel only but not cpp. > > A possible solution would be the creation of a separate subpackage with > the kernel-headers. These are to be installed either directly at > /lib/modules/.../build, or (preferred) under /usr/src, /usr/share/... or > ... and make /lib/modules/.../build a symlink to this place. Couldn't agree more, but this has been discussed here and finally files under /dev/null. Check out for instance http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-June/msg01050.html -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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