49831 – The command in code listing 4 creates the wrong link

Bug 49831 - The command in code listing 4 creates the wrong link

Summary: The command in code listing 4 creates the wrong link

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported:	2004-05-03 05:42 UTC by Andy Repton
Modified:	2004-05-09 04:35 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Andy Repton 2004-05-03 05:42:36 UTC

The command:

# rm /usr/src/linux && ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.25-gentoo /usr/src/linux

creates a link in /usr/src with the target "/usr/src/linux-2.4.25-gentoo" whereas it is more normal to create the target as "linux-2.4.25-gentoo". The former breaks the installation of bestcrypt under kernel 2.6 as the Makefile ends up with an include path of -I/lib/modules//usr/src/linux-2.6.5-gentoo-r1/build/include instead of -I/lib/modules/linux-2.6.5-gentoo-r1/build/include



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create link as described in the handbook to the gentoo-dev-sources kernel
2. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge bestcrypt
3. watch it break
Actual Results:  
Bestcrypt fails

Expected Results:  
With the link corrected the emerge completes

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-05-09 04:35:48 UTC

Thanks, fixed in CVS.