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graysky

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nvidia package wo/ kernel26-headers - makepkg chokes

When I modify a single line in nvidia's PKGBUILD, makepkg dies in the following error.  What is really odd is that I can manually execute the build function and I do not get an error.  The error only happens when makepkg tries.  Can someone explain?

Error:

==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.36-no-compat32
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 260.19.36.....................................................................................................................
The kernel you are installing for is a Xen kernel!

The NVIDIA driver does not currently work on Xen kernels. If 
you are using a stock distribution kernel, please install 
a variant of this kernel without Xen support; if this is a 
custom kernel, please install a standard Linux kernel.  Then 
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.

*** Failed Xen sanity check. Bailing out! ***

make[1]: *** [build-sanity-checks] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
    Aborting...

The only modification is to change this line:

make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module

to:

make SYSSRC=$startdir/tar/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module

I have manually extracted the contents of kernel26-headers.tar.xz to the $startdir/tar.

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: nvidia package wo/ kernel26-headers - makepkg chokes

there is nothing about the headers.

"The NVIDIA driver does not currently work on Xen kernels."

period.

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