No Makefile in Kernel Directory

[cmcheung]

Hello,

I was trying to compile media-libs/svgalib-1.9.25 when I noticed this error:

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 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Could not find a Makefile in the kernel source directory.
 * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a complete set of Linux sources

I went to the directory to check it out, and lo and behold there was indeed no Makefile. I know for a fact that it existed at least last week, since I was recompiling my system, but for some reason, it's not there now.

I am using linux-2.6.16-suspend2-r4, and have the following items in that folder:

• Module.symvers
  System.map
  arch
  block
  crypto
  drivers
  fs
  include
  init
  ipc
  kernel
  lib
  mm
  net
  scripts
  security
  sound
  usr
  vmlinux

Would if be possible to somehow obtain the missing files needed for Makefile, and throw them in that directory?

Thanks for the help.

[Hagar]

You shouldn't remove kernel sources for kernels you are still using.
As you can see, this breaks updating modules installed with portage.

Since that version is no longer in portage you might want to consider upgrading to a recent version.