Re: Kernel-source dependence

[Jim Crumley <crumley@able.space.umn.edu>]

> 
> Do you think there is a dependence on bin86 missing for the kernel-source 
> package?
> 
>I was unable to compile the kernel for some thing and sent time digging at all 
> places before I discover I did not install the bin86 package.
> 
>Why wan't bin86 installed? Well I tried to trim the system, leaving out package> that don't sound familiar hoping the dependence checking would warn me. 
> 
> Jieyao  <jieyao@letterbox.com>  ICQ 836655
> 

I ran in to the same problem a couple of months ago.  The reason there isn't
a dependence on bin86 is because only i386 machines need bin86. The kernel
packages themselves are architecture independent, so there was no easy way
to specify the dependence on bin86.  

The way around this problem is to read the documentation that comes with 
the kernel related packages.  The need for bin86 is pointed out there. I 
am guessing that you (like me) missed those references.

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Jim Crumley                 |
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