Bug 265520 – Kernel sources needed for binary packages (e.g.: drbd)

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description vAx 2009-04-09 09:17:49 UTC]

It's impossible to emerge third part modules from binary packages without kernel-sources installed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.on HOST_A: emerge drbd-kernel; quickpkg drbd-kernel
2.on HOST_B: emerge --getbinpkgonly drbd-kernel
3.

Actual Results:  
I've compiled this drbd-kernel on an other system and also build a tbz2 file.
When I try to emerge this binary package on a "binary based installation", I get this message:

>>> Emerging binary (1 of 2) sys-cluster/drbd-kernel-8.0.14
 * drbd-kernel-8.0.14.tbz2 MD5 SHA1 size ;-) ...                                                                                                                                                      [ ok ]
>>> Extracting info
 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...                                                                                                                                               [ ok ]
 * These sources have not yet been prepared.
 * We cannot build against an unprepared tree.
 * To resolve this, please type the following:
 *
 * # cd /usr/src/linux
 * # make oldconfig
 * # make modules_prepare
 *
 * Then please try merging this module again.



Expected Results:  
- Why this kernel-source check?
- Is there a way to ignore the kernel-source check for theses third part modules?


I've put this bug in "Enhancement" because I'm able to install my binpak after an emerge gentoo-sources, cp .config , make * ... But the reason I use binary packages is to avoid the usage of any sources on my target systems  ;)

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[Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2009-04-10 09:03:04 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 154495 ***