AL> maybe I cannot see the forest because of the many trees, but when I untar
AL> the latest Linux kernel tarball, it ignores my symlink, creating a
AL> directory in it's place:

<snip>

That's normal.  After untarring, just "mv linux linux-2.x.y" for the
appropriate x and y, then "ln -s linux-2.x.y linux" to recreate your symlink.

-Jason

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