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    SubjectRe: Arrr! Linux v2.6.14-rc2
    ~/bin is in many people's paths in many distributions.

    Matt

    On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 04:57:59PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
    > On Tuesday 20 September 2005 11:20, Sean wrote:
    > >On Tue, September 20, 2005 10:25 am, Gene Heskett said:
    > >> Humm, what are they holding out for, more ram or more cpu?:-)
    > >>
    > >> FWIW, http://master.kernel.org doesn't show it either just now.
    > >
    > >Gene,
    > >
    > >While kernel.org snapshots will no doubt be working again shortly, you
    > >might want to consider using git. It reduces the amount you have to
    > >download for each release a lot.
    > >
    > >It's really easy to grab a copy of git and use it to grab the kernel:
    > >
    > >mkdir kernel
    > check
    > >cd kernel
    > check
    > >wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-core-0.99.7.tar.bz2
    > check
    > >tar -xvjf git-core-0.99.7.tar.bz2
    > check
    > >cd git-core-0.99.7
    > check
    > >make install
    > check
    > >cd ..
    > >
    > >git clone \
    > >rsync://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
    > >linux
    >
    > Well, things marched right along till I got to the line for git clone
    > etc.
    >
    > [root@coyote kernel]# git clone
    > rsync://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
    > linux
    > bash: git: command not found
    >
    > Humm, back up & find it put git stuff in /root/bin ?????
    >
    > [root@coyote kernel]# /root/bin/git clone \
    > rsync://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
    > linux
    > /root/bin/git-clone: line 2: git-init-db: command not found
    > * git clone [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] <repo> <dir>
    >
    > So why did it put it in /root/bin? It's there, but not in my $PATH.
    > And theres no "make uninstall" to clean up the install so I might be
    > able to cleanly fix the miss-fire... Murphy rides again..
    >
    > [...]
    >
    > --
    > Cheers, Gene
    > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
    > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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