Ian Pratt
2005-Jan-21 21:26 UTC
RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] (revised slightly) create kernel symlinksin /boot
> I think we shouldn''t have a link at all, ideally a > distribution''s package > installer will create the links which work with the distribution''s > bootloader configuration/setup. > > Also all the ln -s solutions fail if you build twice, you''d > need at least > ln -fs. > > If we must have a link, then I think it should be created as part of > install.sh since that at least is less likely to get run when building > packages.OK, that makes sense, e.g.: ln -sf `(cd ${src}/boot; echo vmlinuz-2.6.*-xen0)` vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 ln -sf vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 vmlinuz-xen0 We should do something similar with the xen version numbers too. etc. Personally, I''d quite like to also have a separate make target that creates the links in the dist/install/boot directory as it would avoid me having to keep editing my domain config scripts all the time... Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel