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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:18:30 +0100
From: "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
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On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 02:58:37 Keith Owens wrote:
> 
> 2.5 kernel build wish list[1] has a couple of entries for standardising
> the install targets.  My thinking (and I know that some people disagree
> with this) is that the standard targets of a linux compile are only
> 
> * vmlinux
> * System.map
> * modules in the kernel tree (not installed yet)
> * any other bits and pieces that are required to compile external
>   modules against this config.
> 

Could the default target install names int the std kernel be changed to 
System.map -> System.map-$(KERNELRELEASE)
vmlinuz    -> vmlinuz-$(KERNELRELEASE)
and then symlink to that ?

I think everyone that has a stable2.2, a devel 2.2 and a test24 is using that
method, so as many distros...

-- 
Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta                                 #> cd /pub
mailto:jamagallon@able.es                                     #> more beer

Linux 2.2.18-pre23-vm #3 SMP Wed Nov 22 22:33:53 CET 2000 i686 unknown

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