Re: Linux and not version dirs
Andrew Walker (andy@lysaker.kvaerner.no)
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:52:06 +0200 (MET DST)
Hasdi R Hashim wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Jauder Ho wrote:
> >
> > heard of su? su to root and untar there..... besides I usually
> > patch so I only have one or two full kernel sources lying around.
>
> Ayup! That's what i do. That's but not the problem. The problem is I can't
> untar the 'linux' directory as linux-2.0.x directory. I have to untar
> everything in a separate directory. eg
>
> cd /tmp
> tar zxvf linux-2.0.tar.gz
> su mv linux /usr/src/linux-2.0
> ln -s linux-2.0 linux
>
Alternatively:
cd /usr/src
mkdir linux-2.0.0
rm linux
ln -s linux-2.0.0 linux
tar xvzf linux-2.0.tar.gz
Which is what I do, and saves copying across file systems as my / and
/usr are separate partitions.
-Andy
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