On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 10:15:42AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
> Personally I think /usr/src/linux should GO AWAY.  Every sysadmin worth
> their salt uses /usr/src/linux-version or similar with a symlink pointing
> back for compatibility.  It's only common sense that you don't throw away
> the old software until you've tested the new--especially at the system and
> kernel levels.

If you want to get picky, the admin has no business installing sources
directly into /usr/src, being a vendor-controlled area. I keep my kernel
source in /usr/local/src/linux-2.2 and linux-2.3.


Hamish
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