is symlink "linu" necessary while compiling new kernel?

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

Hi,

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?

I have a file:

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{src}> ls -1
kernel-headers-2.4.22-1
kernel-headers-2.4.22-1-686
kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia_10.00.Custom_i386.deb
kernel-source-2.4.22
kernel-source-2.4.22-hs1
kernel-source-2.4.22.tar.bz2
modules
nvidia-kernel-2.4.22-nvidia_1.0.4496-2+10.00.Custom_i386.deb
nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz
rpm


and I have extracted kernel-source-2.4.22.tar.bz2 and renamed the 
resulting directory to kernel-source-2.4.22-hs1. Then I enter this 
directory and continue the process of compiling the kernel (make-pgk 
clean, then menuconfig, then make step). I don't have the linux link. 
Will this be a problem?

Thanks,
->HS