Bug 136832 – nvidia-kernel installs into wrong directory

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description jieryn 2006-06-14 15:50:04 UTC]

emerge of alsa-driver and nvidia-kernel will go into the wrong directory. please review the attachments of:

  # ls /usr/src
  # uname -a
  # emerge nvidia-kernel
  # emerge --info

note that even though I have the symlink to 2.6.16.20 it installs into 2.6.17-rc6. also note that the ebuild LOOKS like it detects the proper symlink, but still installs into the wrong directory..

[Comment 1 jieryn 2006-06-14 15:52:34 UTC]

Created attachment 89215 [details]
uname -a

[Comment 2 jieryn 2006-06-14 15:52:58 UTC]

Created attachment 89216 [details]
ls /usr/src

[Comment 3 jieryn 2006-06-14 15:53:13 UTC]

Created attachment 89217 [details]
emerge nvidia-kernel

[Comment 4 jieryn 2006-06-14 15:53:28 UTC]

Created attachment 89218 [details]
emerge --info

[Comment 5 jieryn 2006-06-14 15:54:20 UTC]

I tried to put all the attachments into the comment area, but it was too large.. Sorry! :-)

[Comment 6 jieryn 2006-06-14 18:54:29 UTC]

I consider this a portage bug. I had an old version of nvidia-kernel binary built for a previous kernel revision, and EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--usepkg" ... Emerge definitely suggested that it would install into the NEW kernel version, but it did not. I have now lost several hours of my life, never to be found again..  :-/