XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   Mark Hobley wrote:   
   > In alt.os.linux.gentoo J.O. Aho  wrote:   
   >> Gentoo do supply the vanilla source too (sources-vanilla) and having that   
   >> would at least see too that you don't break dependencies.   
   >   
   > I am going to be applying local changes, so I really do want my kernel   
   > sourced manually. I don't want track the vanilla source via Gentooo.   
      
   You can apply those after the emerge of the kernel, Gentoo won't go in and   
   change anything.   
      
   >> make builds everything you need in kernel 2.6, no need of running make   
   modules   
   >> at all   
   >> I guess you are thinking about make headers_install   
   >   
   > I thought that make install installed headers, but not modules. I'm   
   > finding conflicting documentation, so I'm not really sure.   
   >   
   > Some documents say:   
   >   
   > make   
   > make modules   
   > make install   
   > make modules_install   
   >   
   > Some say:   
   >   
   > make bzImage   
   > make modules   
   > make install   
   > make modules_install   
      
      
   The make options has changed with time and they do things in a better way and   
   it's well documented in the Gentoo manual. Many of the documentations you find   
   online has been written for kernel 2.2 and 2.4.   
      
      
   > Few documents say make headers. However, in the past I have seen error   
   > messages that that tell me to:   
   >   
   > make headers_install   
      
   At least there has been a fault in the makefile which made the header install   
   broken, so I do recommend to use the ebuilds for the kernel headers.   
      
      
   > Hence. I am confused.   
   >   
   > I find that the Makefile is not really light reading, so I haven't yet   
   > been able to decipher any clarification from it.   
      
   make help   
      
   make install = install the kernel with the /sbin/installkernel script   
      
   Looking at the /sbin/installkernel tells that you never have installed a new   
   kernel-header, you have those that was default in the Gentoo install media.   
      
      
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