Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (506 mails)

[Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Vahis wrote:
> Basil Chupin wrote:
> > > > For 'years' I have been compiling the nVidia driver and therefore
> > > > have always installed the kernel-source. But I do not recall ever
> > > > having to install make or gcc. When did they stop being a default
> > > > installation?
> > > For 2 releases at least.
> > >  
> > > Ciao, Marcus
> > How then....?
> >
> > Oh, I know. This is the first time I did not select the (whole) Linux
> > Kernel Development 'pattern' when installing 10.2 and chose only the
> > kernel-source.
> >
> > It's all these little unexpected surprises in Suse which always
> > brighten my otherwise dreary day..... :-) .
>
> First you always select kernel devel and get gcc with that.
>
> Then all of a sudden you do not select it and do not get gcc.
>
> I wouldn't call that a surprise that Suse treats you with, you have
> surprised yourself with that  :)


Actually there is even a bigger surprise to all this: gcc and make are 
*not* part of the Linux Kernel Development 'pattern' but of the Basis 
Development pattern which I have never selected as part of the 
installation process. But, "All's well that ends well" :-) .

Cheers.



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