Re: kernel headers---FAQ
> Further, while it's not difficult to do, most users won't know
> to do it until AFTER they've shlocked their system...
manoj writes:
> One may un-shlock one's system (whatever that means) by simply rm -rf
> /usr/src/linux and re run the config command (either in dslect, or as
> dpkg -c -a).
However, Avery does have a point. Yes, the diligent user will carefully
read all the relevant documentation. The *kernel* documentation. He has
Linus' words in front of him. Why would it occur to him to look for
special Debian instructions? And why would he not put his new kernel in
/usr/src? That is what the kernel docs say to do, and to him it is
logical: this is the core of Linux, after all, not some random program
pulled off sunsite.
> "/usr/src belongs to the vendor"
Should we be startled when the user thinks of Linus as the vendor? This is
Linux, not Solaris. Isn't there some way we can live with kernels in
/usr/src?
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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