On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Tom Furie <t...@furie.org.uk> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:10:55AM -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >> That RHEL/Fedora dont' use "/usr/src" might, on its own, not make it >> good practice, but since they're following kernel documentation >> perhaps it does! > > The kernel documentation does not say not to /usr/src, it says not to > use /usr/src/linux. That doesn't mean you can't use > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32-5, or whatever else you might like, it just > means you shouldn't use /usr/src/linux.
The documentation says - If you install the full sources, put the kernel tarball in a directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) which basically means "don't use /usr/src" since a regular user doesn't have write access to it by default. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sytr4rqbut_ulj399beggsttr1uoo_wijxzaxytxun...@mail.gmail.com
