Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263980AbUFPO5I (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:57:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266299AbUFPO5I (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:57:08 -0400 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:62437 "EHLO mail.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263980AbUFPO5E (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:57:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:56:09 +0200 (CEST) From: Jesper Juhl To: Kalin KOZHUHAROV Cc: Linus Torvalds , LKML Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.7 In-Reply-To: <40CFEFAD.2060207@ThinRope.net> Message-ID: References: <40CFEFAD.2060207@ThinRope.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 711 Lines: 20 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 -- Jesper Juhl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/