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Bug#659261: linux: Re: [linux-headers-3.2.0-1-common] Dangling symlink to Kbuild

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#659261: linux: Re: [linux-headers-3.2.0-1-common] Dangling symlink to Kbuild
Date 2015-07-25 04:00 +0200
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On Thu, 2015-07-23 at 11:33 +0200, Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> Package: linux-headers-3.16.0-4-common
> Version: 3.16.7-ckt11-1
> Followup-For: Bug #659261
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I've still found that trouble on current kernel version for jessie.
> 
> Seems to me that relative links is the culprit. I've quickly fixed 
> with:
> 
> 	cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-4-common
> 	rm scripts; ln -s /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-3.16/scripts .
> 
> 	cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-4-amd64
> 	rm scripts; ln -s /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-3.16/scripts .
> 
> (yes, the bug apply also to linux-headers-3.16.0-4-amd64).

No it doesn't.  This bug was actually fixed years ago.

The 'scripts' symlinks break if you make /usr/src a symlink to
somewhere else.  Don't do that.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

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Bug#659261: linux: Re: [linux-headers-3.2.0-1-common] Dangling symlink to Kbuild Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-07-25 04:00 +0200

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