building a 2.6 kernel

[Timothy Murphy]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>>>    to the previous post re: building a kernel, the most important
>>> information to remember is to move the kernel source out from under
>>> that silly /usr/src/linux directory and (if you have the room) to
>>> somewhere under your home directory.
>>
>> Why?
>> This strikes me as completely unnecessary.

> simply because there's little reason for any regular user to be doing
> work anywhere under the /usr directory.  it goes back to my point
> about being able to mount /usr readonly, if you can make that work.

You said originally it was "the most important thing to remember"
when compiling the kernel.

Now you appear to be saying it is a good idea
if you belong to the vanishingly small number of people
who mount /usr read-only.

In my view it is about the 99th most important thing to remember.



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