/usr/include/linux

[bob smith]

Thanks for the help Kevin and Ted,
I read 'man hier' on the subject and it was almost
word
for word with what you guys said :).

--- Kevin Geiss <kevin@desertsol.com> wrote:
> the kernel headers in /usr/include are the ones that
> your glibc were
> compiled against. you should leave them alone,
> unless you also recompile
> glibc against a new kernel (not recommended, that's
> what distribution
> maintainers do)
> 
> to put a new custom kernel on, put it anywhere you
> want,
> and keep the tree around.  (I actually put it in
> /usr/src/linux-really-long-detailed-version-name,
> but leave all the
> symbolic links alone; be careful though because most
> kernel trees will
> extracte to a directory called 'linux', so you might
> extract it in /tmp
> then mv it to the location and name you want)
> 
> The only thing you need to 'install' is the compiled
> kernel image to
> /boot and the modules, under /lib/modules. (make
> modules_install will
> install the modules for you). and of course add a
> new entry for your
> boot manager.
> 
> later, if you compile something that needs to use
> the new kernel you are
> currently running, when you configure the package
> you tell it where your
> custom kernel tree is.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 09:05:43PM -0700, bob smith
> wrote:
> > I checked and they weren't symbolically linked.
> They
> > were also installed with a slackware .tgz package
> if
> > that makes any difference?
> > 
> > --- Ted Gould <ted@gould.cx> wrote:
> > > > At what point in the kernel compilation
> process
> > > are
> > > > the kernel header files built and installed?
> Can
> > > > /usr/src/linux be built to another temporary
> > > directory?
> > > 
> > > The header files aren't built and installed per
> se. 
> > > Basically what
> > > happens is that they are symbolically linked in.
>  So
> > > I think you'll find
> > > that linux in /usr/include is symbolically
> linked to
> > > /usr/src/linux/include.  But then if you look
> > > further you'll see that in
> > > /usr/src linux is symbolically linked to
> > > /usr/src/linux-x.y.z (where
> > > x.y.z is your version of linux).  So the only
> way
> > > that your headers are
> > > updated is by moving these symbolic links.
> > > 
> > > The kernel itself can be built in any directory
> > > you'd like, but the
> > > headers won't be updated until you move the
> symbolic
> > > links.
> > > 
> > > 		Have fun,
> > > 			Ted
> > > 
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