/usr/include/linux

bob smith plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:05:43 -0700 (PDT)


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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