Re: is symlink "linu" necessary while compiling new kernel?

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Björn Lindström wrote:
> "H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com> 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