On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 09:12:57PM -0600, eric wrote: > Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > > > Basically, just get the source, unzip it in /usr/src making sure you move > > > the old /usr/src/linux directory out of the way first, then cd into > > > /usr/src/linux and do: > > > > don't do it in /usr/src. no good reason to. do the config and build in your > > The good reason to is that /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux both > should refer to the kernel that you are working with. Typically these > are symbolic links into /usr/src/linux/include/asm and > /usr/src/linux/include/linux. You could just link them into where ever > you built the kernel and you be just fine, but imho it is easier to do > it in /usr/src and not worry about forgetting to do it. Nope. Linus stated clearly on lkml that linux should not be built in /usr/src/linux. His opinion is that the fact that userland programs need access to kernel's internals is just another sign of glibc braindamage. > For a lot of people this wont make to much difference, but if you > compile programs the information in these directories can change between > revisions. And you programs should not change when the kernel change. florin PS: I have found the article too: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011115/0c2abedf/attachment.pgp