--=-hX/Cm4LQpLBaFBGNeeOi Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > 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 --=-hX/Cm4LQpLBaFBGNeeOi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEABECAAYFAj2yJVQACgkQLE335pRPGp02gACdGkVfiDxLuY/DBcvtg45pBmL+ LFMAnj7hfyuk/DY3wA7qFHe5d+mvFm3e =Rc2n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-hX/Cm4LQpLBaFBGNeeOi--