"H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
While doing a google search to read pages on who to compile a new Linux kernel the Debian way, I see some of them mentioning that I should first delete a symlink "linux" in /usr/src if it exists before I untar and unzip a download kernel file, and then recreate it. Some pages do not suggest this. Is this a step crucial?
Yes. You might have noticed that the root directory in the kernel tarball is called "linux". Thus, if you have a symlink to another kernel source called that, it would untar the files into the other kernel source's directory.
I guess I am missing something here. I have a file kernel-source-2.4.22.tar.bz2 in /usr/src, and when I do:
{src}> tar -jtf kernel-source-2.4.22.tar.bz2
I get the listing as:
{src}> tar -jtf kernel-source-2.4.22.tar.bz2
kernel-source-2.4.22/
kernel-source-2.4.22/COPYING
kernel-source-2.4.22/CREDITS
kernel-source-2.4.22/Documentation/
kernel-source-2.4.22/Documentation/arm/
kernel-source-2.4.22/Documentation/arm/Booting
kernel-source-2.4.22/Documentation/arm/ConfigVars
kernel-source-2.4.22/Documentation/arm/MEMC
kernel-source-2.4.22/Documentation/arm/Netwinder
kernel-source-2.4.22/Documentation/arm/README--
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