From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:16:44 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: app-emulation/open-vm-tools: add comment about broken kernel detection
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app-emulation/open-vm-tools: add comment about broken kernel detection
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diff --git a/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild
index 55c652f6f4b5..774fa4090a8d 100644
--- a/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-10.1.0.ebuild
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_with X gtkmm3)
 		$(use_with X x)
 
+		# configure locates the kernel object directory by looking for
+		# "/lib/modules/${KERNEL_RELEASE}/build".
+		# This will fail if the user is building against an uninstalled kernel.
+		# Fixing this would mean reworking the build system.
 		$(use_with modules kernel-modules)
 		--without-root-privileges
 		--with-kernel-release="${KV_FULL}"