Fedora Core can't base it's settings on some third party driver. And besides, NVIDIA drivers doesn't have to require you to compile anything. Users should use the rpms from http://rpm.livna.org for an easier install and much easier update when there's a new driver released. tor, 30,.09.2004 kl. 17.32 -0400, skrev Jeff Spaleta: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:28:24 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis > <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I see the problem. All those users of the nvidia driver will have > > problems to build the kernel module. And what will they search for to > > solve the problem: a kernel-source(code) rpm that is will not be part of > > FC3 (as it seems). > > Fact: All those users who install fedora via the default "Desktop > Install" option > don't get the build tools to compile nvidia drivers as it is. Shall > we pollute the default install to include all the development packages > and build tools are there just in case someone wants to build > something from source? > > The point is, as a packaging policy, the commonly required buildtools > are not explicitly stated as buildrequirements for most src packages, > nor for -devel binary packages. Your going to have to come up with a > pretty impressive argument to make a need to one specific -devel > package require cpp explicitly when -devel packages currently in the > distro do not explicitly require gcc or cpp. > > -jef"112 -devel packages from Core installed and none of them > explicitly require gcc or cpp which should a kernel-module-devel > package be different?"spaleta > > > > > > > > > > When the case above would be very common, you can make the > > > header-package part of the base-system but without requiring it > > > explicitly. So it can be disabled on minimal installations. > > > > Don't understand this. How to solve the problem with updated kernels and > > the needed headers for those? Add them all to one package and update > > this every time a kernel-update is released -- this will be a big > > package after some kernel-updates... > > > > > > > > -- > > Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > -- > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > > -- Sindre Pedersen Bjordal <foolish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> www.fedoraforum.org
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