Riku, Not that my vote counts, but I support your suggestion. Richard -- Richard Troy, Chief Scientist Science Tools Corporation rtroy@ScienceTools.com, 510-567-9957, http://ScienceTools.com/ On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Riku Meskanen wrote: > Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:17:17 +0200 (EET) > From: Riku Meskanen <mesrik@cc.jyu.fi> > Reply-To: redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > To: redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: kernel-headers rpm ? ...snip... > > So how about having this very small 8.5MB portion installed > also with binary kernel to /lib/modules/$version/include ? > > That would be very tiny tradeoff from root-fs vs. large > lump of more free space at /usr. Building modules for all > installed kernel versions would be a breeze too. > > Kernel headers would ofcourse shipped as usual with the kernel- > source too (minor reduncancy), but having full kernel source > installed is plain silly when you need just few header files to > compile modules and get going with thirdparty software like vmware. > > It makes sense to me having kernel source installed for those > taking part of developing drivers etc., but not necessarily on > every system in use and where there is need to compile modules. > > Those familiar with Linux and Unices know dirty tricks to get > around /usr lack of space with symlinks or extract rpm2cpio, > but it can get much too complicated just to have modules built > and installed for all installed binary kernels at once. > > :-) riku > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
