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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.7
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Kalin KOZHUHAROV wrote:

> When I unpack linux sources (`tar xjvf linux-${KV}.tar.bz2`), I usually do that in /usr/src/ and do it as root the first time.

Why?

Why not just do the sane thing and unpack the tarball as a normal user (in
your homedir) configure as normal user, build as normal user, install as root

Have you ever read this btw? :
http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/usr-src-linux-symlink.html


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